From 331ff73d3f5d1f3279e593aee339752a0e86038d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geoff Hutchison <geoff.hutchison@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:48:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make sure to create directories for drag-and-drop scripts

Signed-off-by: Geoff Hutchison <geoff.hutchison@gmail.com>
---
 avogadro/mainwindow.cpp | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/avogadro/mainwindow.cpp b/avogadro/mainwindow.cpp
index 3be18ece..53da793a 100644
--- a/avogadro/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/avogadro/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -874,7 +874,25 @@ bool MainWindow::addScript(const QString& filePath)
 
   QFileInfo info(filePath);
 
-  QString destinationPath(stdPaths[0] + '/' + typePath + '/' + info.fileName());
+  // check if the directory structure exists first
+  // and if not, create what we need
+  int i = 0;
+  bool createDir = true;
+  for (i = 0; i < stdPaths.size(); ++i) {
+    if (QDir(stdPaths[i] + '/' + typePath).exists()) {
+      createDir = false;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  if (createDir) {
+    // find a path we can create (e.g., first path might be admin-only)
+    for (i = 0; i < stdPaths.size(); ++i) {
+      if (QDir().mkpath(stdPaths[i] + '/' + typePath))
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  QString destinationPath(stdPaths[i] + '/' + typePath + '/' + info.fileName());
   qDebug() << " copying " << filePath << " to " << destinationPath;
   QFile::remove(destinationPath); // silently fail if there's nothing to remove
   QFile::copy(filePath, destinationPath);