create parent directory of archive in <zip> and <tar> if needed. PR 45377. Based on patch by Remie Bolte

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/trunk@807960 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

CONTRIBUTORS

@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ Rami Ojares
 Randy Watler
 Raphael Pierquin
 Ray Waldin
+Remie Bolte
 Richard Evans
 Rick Beton
 Robert Anderson

WHATSNEW

@@ -919,6 +919,10 @@ Other changes:
    HTTP connections at the HttpUrlConnection level.
    Bugzilla Report 41891.
 
+ * <tar> and <zip> (and tasks derived from <zip>) will now create the
+   parent directory of the destination archive if it doesn't exist.
+   Bugzilla Report 45377.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.7.0 TO Ant 1.7.1
 =============================================
 

contributors.xml

@@ -1030,6 +1030,10 @@
     <first>Ray</first>
     <last>Waldin</last>
   </name>
+  <name>
+    <first>Remie</first>
+    <last>Bolte</last>
+  </name>
   <name>
     <first>Richard</first>
     <last>Evans</last>

src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Tar.java

@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ public class Tar extends MatchingTask {
                 return;
             }
 
+            File parent = tarFile.getParentFile();
+            if (parent != null && !parent.isDirectory() && !parent.mkdirs()) {
+                throw new BuildException("Failed to create missing parent"
+                                         + " directory for " + tarFile);
+            }
+
             log("Building tar: " + tarFile.getAbsolutePath(), Project.MSG_INFO);
 
             TarOutputStream tOut = null;

src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java

@@ -618,6 +618,13 @@ public class Zip extends MatchingTask {
             if (!state.isOutOfDate()) {
                 return;
             }
+
+            File parent = zipFile.getParentFile();
+            if (parent != null && !parent.isDirectory() && !parent.mkdirs()) {
+                throw new BuildException("Failed to create missing parent"
+                                         + " directory for " + zipFile);
+            }
+
             updatedFile = true;
             if (!zipFile.exists() && state.isWithoutAnyResources()) {
                 createEmptyZip(zipFile);