Restrict max directories created at once to 10 for safety

ada/ada

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # Latest version is available at: https://github.com/sara-nl/SpiderScripts
 #
 # Changes:
+# 2024-11-26 - Haili   - Add --recursive to --mkdir
 # 2024-09-12 - Haili   - Added bulk requests for staging and unstaging
 # 2024-08-24 - Haili   - Added option to use env var BEARER_TOKEN
 # 2020-11-04 - Onno    - Added link to Natalie's demo video
@@ -78,8 +79,11 @@ usage() {
 	  --stat <file|directory>
 	      Show all details of file or dir.
 
-	  --mkdir <directory>
+	  --mkdir <directory> [--recursive]
 	      Create a directory.
+	      To recursively create a directory and ALL of its
+	      parents, add --recursive. For safety, the maximum number 
+	      of directories that can be created at once is 10.
 
 	  --mv <file|directory> <destination>
 	      Rename or move a file or directory.
@@ -203,6 +207,7 @@ certdir=${X509_CERT_DIR:-/etc/grid-security/certificates}
 lifetime=7
 lifetime_unit=D
 from_file=false
+counter=0
 
 # Default options to curl for various activities;
 # these can be overidden in configuration files, see below.
@@ -806,24 +811,28 @@ get_confirmation () {
 }
 
 
-create_path () {\
+create_path () {
+  let counter++
+  if [ $counter -gt 10 ] ; then
+    echo 1>&2 "ERROR: max number of directories that can be created at once is 10."
+    exit 1  
+  fi
   local path="$1"
   local recursive="$2"
   local parent="$(dirname "$path")"
-  echo "parent" "$parent"
   get_locality "$parent"
   error=$?
-  if [ "$error" == 1 ] && $recursive ; then
+  if [ $error == 1 ] && $recursive ; then
     if [ "${#parent}" -gt 1 ]; then
-      echo ${#parent}
       echo 1>&2 "Warning: parent dir '$parent' does not exist. Will atempt to create it."
       create_path $parent $recursive
     else
       echo 1>&2 "ERROR: Unable to create dirs. Check the specified path."
       exit 1
     fi
-  elif [ "$error" == 1 ]; then 
+  elif [ $error == 1 ]; then 
     echo 1>&2 "ERROR: parent dir '$parent' does not exist. To recursivly create dirs, add --recursive."
+    exit 1
   fi 
   parent=$(urlencode "$(dirname "$path")")
   name=$(basename "$path")