关于shell创建目录的脚本程序

#! /bin/bash

is_directory()
{
    DIR_NAME=$1
    if [ ! -d $DIR_NAME ]; then
        return 1
    else
        return 0
    fi  
}

for DIR in "$@"; do
    if is_directory "$DIR"
        then :
    else
        echo "$DIR doesn't exist. Creating it now..."
        mkdir $DIR > /dev/null 2>&1
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
            echo "Cannot create directory $DIR"
            exit 1
        fi
    fi  
done