repository in the current directory is registered, or you can specify a
 directory to register.
 
+By default it registers it to the ~/.mrconfig file. To make it write to a
+different file, use the -c option.
+
 =item config
 
 Adds, modifies, removes, or prints a value from the mrconfig file. The next
 use Getopt::Long;
 use Cwd qw(getcwd abs_path);
 
+$SIG{INT}=sub {
+       print STDERR "mr: interrupted\n";
+       exit 2;
+};
+
 $ENV{MR_CONFIG}="$ENV{HOME}/.mrconfig";
 my $directory=getcwd();
 my $verbose=0;
 Getopt::Long::Configure("no_permute");
 my $result=GetOptions(
        "d|directory=s" => sub { $directory=abs_path($_[1]) },
-       "c|config=s" => \$ENV{MR_CONFIG},
+       "c|config=s" => sub { $ENV{MR_CONFIG}=abs_path($_[1]) },
        "v|verbose" => \$verbose,
        "s|stats" => \$stats,
 );
        }
        my $section=shift;
        if ($section=~/^\//) {
-               # try to convert to a path relative to $config's dir
+               # try to convert to a path relative to the config file
                my ($dir)=$ENV{MR_CONFIG}=~/^(.*\/)[^\/]+$/;
                if ($section=~/^\Q$dir\E(.*)/) {
                        $section=$1;
                        my $test="set -e;".$lib.$config{$topdir}{$subdir}{deleted};
                        print "mr $action: running deleted test >>$test<<\n" if $verbose;
                        my $ret=system($test);
-                       if ($ret >> 8 == 0) {
-                               print STDERR "mr error: $dir should be deleted yet still exists\n\n";
-                               push @failed, $dir;
-                               return;
+                       if ($ret != 0) {
+                               if (($? & 127) == 2) {
+                                       print STDERR "mr $action: interrupted\n";
+                                       exit 2;
+                               }
+                               elsif ($? & 127) {
+                                       print STDERR "mr $action: deleted test received signal ".($? & 127)."\n";
+                               }
+                               if ($ret >> 8 == 0) {
+                                       print STDERR "mr error: $dir should be deleted yet still exists\n\n";
+                                       push @failed, $dir;
+                                       return;
+                               }
                        }
                }
        }
                        push @skipped, $dir;
                        return;
                }
+
                $dir=~s/^(.*)\/[^\/]+\/?$/$1/;
+
+               if (! -d $dir) {
+                       print "mr $action: creating parent directory $dir\n" if $verbose;
+                       my $ret=system("mkdir", "-p", $dir);
+               }
        }
        elsif ($action eq 'update') {
                if (! -d $dir) {
                        "my_action(){ $config{$topdir}{$subdir}{skip}\n }; my_action '$action'";
                print "mr $action: running skip test >>$test<<\n" if $verbose;
                my $ret=system($test);
-               if ($ret >> 8 == 0) {
-                       print "mr $action: $dir skipped per config file\n" if $verbose;
-                       push @skipped, $dir;
-                       return;
+               if ($ret != 0) {
+                       if (($? & 127) == 2) {
+                               print STDERR "mr $action: interrupted\n";
+                               exit 2;
+                       }
+                       elsif ($? & 127) {
+                               print STDERR "mr $action: skip test received signal ".($? & 127)."\n";
+                               exit 1;
+                       }
+                       if ($ret >> 8 == 0) {
+                               print "mr $action: $dir skipped per config file\n" if $verbose;
+                               push @skipped, $dir;
+                               return;
+                       }
                }
        }
        
                print STDERR "mr $action: running >>$command<<\n" if $verbose;
                my $ret=system($command);
                if ($ret != 0) {
+                       if (($? & 127) == 2) {
+                               print STDERR "mr $action: interrupted\n";
+                               exit 2;
+                       }
+                       elsif ($? & 127) {
+                               print STDERR "mr $action: received signal ".($? & 127)."\n";
+                       }
                        print STDERR "mr $action: failed ($ret)\n" if $verbose;
                        push @failed, $dir;
                        if ($ret >> 8 != 0) {
                                $knownactions{$parameter}=1;
                                if ($parameter eq 'chain' &&
                                    length $dir && $section ne "DEFAULT" &&
-                                   -e $dir.$section."/.mrconfig" &&
-                                   system($value) >> 8 == 0) {
-                                       push @toload, $dir.$section."/.mrconfig";
+                                   -e $dir.$section."/.mrconfig") {
+                                       my $ret=system($value);
+                                       if ($ret != 0) {
+                                               if (($? & 127) == 2) {
+                                                       print STDERR "mr $action: chain test interrupted\n";
+                                                       exit 2;
+                                               }
+                                               elsif ($? & 127) {
+                                                       print STDERR "mr $action: chain test received signal ".($? & 127)."\n";
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       else {
+                                               push @toload, $dir.$section."/.mrconfig";
+                                       }
                                }
                        }
                }