* arc-mode.el (archive-unique-fname): Make directories for nested

archives.  (Bug#5540)

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 6be182f744a..702f283a9ff 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2010-02-12  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
+        * arc-mode.el (archive-unique-fname): Make directories for nested
+        archives.  (Bug#5540)
+
+2010-02-12  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
+
         * ffap.el (dired-at-point): Fix docstring.  (Bug#5565)
 
 2010-02-11  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
diff --git a/lisp/arc-mode.el b/lisp/arc-mode.el
index ee32d893654..5942e920a65 100644
--- a/lisp/arc-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/arc-mode.el
@@ -834,6 +834,11 @@ using `make-temp-file', and the generated name is returned."
           ;; reconstructed in the temporary directory.
           (make-directory (file-name-directory tmpfile) t)
           (make-temp-file tmpfile))
+      ;; Maked sure all the leading directories in `fullname' exist
+      ;; under archive-tmpdir.  This is necessary for nested archives
+      ;; (`archive-extract' sets `archive-remote' to t in case
+      ;; an archive occurs inside another archive).
+      (make-directory (file-name-directory fullname) t)
       fullname)))
 
 (defun archive-maybe-copy (archive)