What_about_mkdir_ p

What about mkdir -p

The following script in bash should suffice:

ifdh_mkdir_p() {
    local dir=$1
    local force=$2
    if [ `ifdh ls $dir 0 $force | wc -l` -gt 0 ] 
    then
        : # we're done
    else
        ifdh_mkdir_p `dirname $dir` $force
        ifdh mkdir $dir $force
    fi
}