5 files changed, 67 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/backends/fs/abstract-fs.h b/backends/fs/abstract-fs.h
index dcfdc08975..24286b649d 100644
--- a/backends/fs/abstract-fs.h
+++ b/backends/fs/abstract-fs.h
@@ -191,6 +191,15 @@ public:
 	 * @return pointer to the stream object, 0 in case of a failure
 	 */
 	virtual Common::WriteStream *createWriteStream() = 0;
+
+	/**
+	* Creates a file referred by this node.
+	*
+	* @param isDirectory true if created file must be a directory
+	*
+	* @return true if file is created successfully
+	*/
+	virtual bool create(bool isDirectory) = 0;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.cpp b/backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.cpp
index 1a6c4e40a5..d388f306fd 100644
--- a/backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.cpp
+++ b/backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.cpp
@@ -252,6 +252,30 @@ Common::WriteStream *POSIXFilesystemNode::createWriteStream() {
 	return StdioStream::makeFromPath(getPath(), true);
 }
 
+bool POSIXFilesystemNode::create(bool isDirectory) {
+	bool success;
+
+	if (isDirectory) {
+		success = mkdir(_path.c_str(), 0755) == 0;
+	} else {
+		success = creat(_path.c_str(), 0755) != -1;
+	}
+
+	if (success) {		
+		setFlags();
+		if (_isValid) {
+			if (_isDirectory != isDirectory) warning("failed to create %s: got %s", isDirectory ? "directory" : "file", _isDirectory ? "directory" : "file");			
+			return _isDirectory == isDirectory;
+		}
+
+		warning("POSIXFilesystemNode: %s() was a success, but stat indicates there is no such %s",
+			isDirectory ? "mkdir" : "creat", isDirectory ? "directory" : "file");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 namespace Posix {
 
 bool assureDirectoryExists(const Common::String &dir, const char *prefix) {
diff --git a/backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.h b/backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.h
index 0703ac5bf5..4ebce7e9d9 100644
--- a/backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.h
+++ b/backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public:
 
 	virtual Common::SeekableReadStream *createReadStream();
 	virtual Common::WriteStream *createWriteStream();
+	virtual bool create(bool isDirectory);
 
 private:
 	/**
diff --git a/backends/fs/windows/windows-fs.cpp b/backends/fs/windows/windows-fs.cpp
index 49549b83cb..b43686f911 100644
--- a/backends/fs/windows/windows-fs.cpp
+++ b/backends/fs/windows/windows-fs.cpp
@@ -244,4 +244,36 @@ Common::WriteStream *WindowsFilesystemNode::createWriteStream() {
 	return StdioStream::makeFromPath(getPath(), true);
 }
 
+bool WindowsFilesystemNode::create(bool isDirectory) {
+	bool success;
+
+	if (isDirectory) {
+		success = CreateDirectory(toUnicode(_path.c_str()), NULL) != 0;
+	} else {
+		success = CreateFile(toUnicode(_path.c_str()), GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL) != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+	}
+
+	if (success) {
+		//this piece is copied from constructor, it checks that file exists and detects whether it's a directory
+		DWORD fileAttribs = GetFileAttributes(toUnicode(_path.c_str()));
+		if (fileAttribs != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
+			_isDirectory = ((fileAttribs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) != 0);
+			_isValid = true;
+			// Add a trailing slash, if necessary.
+			if (_isDirectory && _path.lastChar() != '\\') {
+				_path += '\\';
+			}
+
+			if (_isDirectory != isDirectory) warning("failed to create %s: got %s", isDirectory ? "directory" : "file", _isDirectory ? "directory" : "file");
+			return _isDirectory == isDirectory;
+		}
+
+		warning("WindowsFilesystemNode: Create%s() was a success, but GetFileAttributes() indicates there is no such %s",
+			    isDirectory ? "Directory" : "File", isDirectory ? "directory" : "file");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 #endif //#ifdef WIN32
diff --git a/backends/fs/windows/windows-fs.h b/backends/fs/windows/windows-fs.h
index d06044603a..7c9f2c1e1a 100644
--- a/backends/fs/windows/windows-fs.h
+++ b/backends/fs/windows/windows-fs.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public:
 
 	virtual Common::SeekableReadStream *createReadStream();
 	virtual Common::WriteStream *createWriteStream();
+	virtual bool create(bool isDirectory);
 
 private:
 	/**