2 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 0e2ba954..6bdf2bfd 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -416,7 +416,15 @@ fn nativeMain(init: std.process.Init) !void {
             // creates the file from.
             const base = std.fs.path.basename(target.path);
             if (base.len == 0 or std.mem.eql(u8, base, ".") or std.mem.eql(u8, base, "..")) break :forwarding;
-            const dir = pardes.filesystem.resolveOs(std.fs.path.dirname(target.path) orelse ".", &realbuf) orelse break :forwarding;
+            const dir = pardes.filesystem.resolveOs(std.fs.path.dirname(target.path) orelse ".", &realbuf) orelse {
+                // Its directory not there either: the name made absolute as
+                // written, and the pane's Save makes the directories (a
+                // name into a missing one says so, pane.zig writeName).
+                var cwd_buf: [4096]u8 = undefined;
+                if (std.c.getcwd(&cwd_buf, cwd_buf.len) == null) break :forwarding;
+                const cwd = std.mem.sliceTo(&cwd_buf, 0);
+                break :named std.fs.path.resolvePosix(arena, &.{ cwd, target.path }) catch break :forwarding;
+            };
             break :named std.fmt.bufPrint(&newbuf, "{s}/{s}", .{ std.mem.trimEnd(u8, dir.path, "/"), base }) catch break :forwarding;
         };
         if (found_path != null) {
diff --git a/src/ninep/pane.zig b/src/ninep/pane.zig
index de7f7cd4..6a0fbba5 100644
--- a/src/ninep/pane.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/pane.zig
@@ -867,6 +867,11 @@ fn writeName(p: *Pardes, req: Req, id: usize, pane: *Pane) Reply {
         error.OutOfMemory => E.NOMEM,
         else => E.INVAL,
     });
+    // A name into a directory not there yet asks for it, as Config's pane
+    // does: its Save makes the directories (`pardes new/dir/f` forwarded).
+    if (comptime pardes.hosted) if (fs.localPath(std.fs.path.dirname(full) orelse "/")) |local| {
+        if (!exec.isDirectory(local)) fileOf(pane).?.make_dirs = true;
+    };
     return .{ .tag = req.tag, .written = @intCast(req.data.len) };
 }
 
@@ -1387,6 +1392,19 @@ test "a name with a component over 255 bytes is refused, and a long path's faile
     try testing.expect(std.mem.endsWith(u8, late, "/f.txt: no such directory"));
 }
 
+test "a name into a directory not there has Save make it; one into a directory there does not" {
+    if (comptime !pardes.hosted) return error.SkipZigTest;
+    const p = try withFile(testing.allocator, "x\n");
+    defer p.deinit();
+    const serial = serialOf(p);
+    const f = fileOf(p.panes[p.paneBySerial(serial).?].?).?;
+    try testing.expectEqual(Status.ok, wr(p, Node.of(serial, .name), "/tmp/pardes-no-such-dir-mk/sub/f.txt\n").reply.status);
+    try testing.expect(f.make_dirs);
+    f.make_dirs = false;
+    try testing.expectEqual(Status.ok, wr(p, Node.of(serial, .name), "/tmp/f.txt\n").reply.status);
+    try testing.expect(!f.make_dirs);
+}
+
 test "a name cut across writes is one name, applied once at its newline or its close" {
     const p = try withFile(testing.allocator, "x\n");
     defer p.deinit();