--- doins.orig	2003-07-30 19:40:14.000000000 -0400
+++ doins	2003-07-30 20:05:28.000000000 -0400
@@ -7,16 +7,29 @@
 	echo "${0}: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
-if [ ! -d "${D}${INSDESTTREE}" ] ; then
-	install -d "${D}${INSDESTTREE}"
+dodir "${INSDESTTREE}"
+
+[ -z "${INSDEPTH}" ] && INSDEPTH=0
+if [ ${INSDEPTH} -gt 30 ] ; then
+	echo "${0}: i went 30 directories down, time to abort!"
+	exit 1
 fi
 
 for x in "$@" ; do
 	if [ -L "$x" ] ; then
 		cp "$x" "${T}"
-		mysrc="${T}"/`/usr/bin/basename "${x}"`
+		mysrc="${T}/$(/usr/bin/basename "${x}")"
 	elif [ -d "$x" ] ; then
-		echo "doins: warning, skipping directory ${x}"
+		mydir="${INSDESTTREE}/$(basename "${x}")"
+		# maybe utilize nullglob instead of `ls` ?
+		if [ -z "$(ls "${x}"/* 2>/dev/null)" ] ; then
+			dodir "${mydir}"
+		else
+			env \
+				INSDESTTREE="${mydir}" \
+				INSDEPTH=$((INSDEPTH+1)) \
+				doins "${x}"/*
+		fi
 		continue
 	else
 		mysrc="${x}"