diff --git a/skel/make.sh b/skel/make.sh
index 1f5ecb4..69c8b25 100755
--- a/skel/make.sh
+++ b/skel/make.sh
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ build_dir_tree_recurse() {
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]
     then
         build_dir_tree_recurse $(dirname "${DIR}") || return 1
-        mkdir "${DIR}"
+	echo " Creating directory '${DIR}'"
+        do_cmd mkdir "${DIR}"
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]
         then
             print_failure "Failed to create directory '${DIR}'"
@@ -198,9 +199,9 @@ build_dir_tree_recurse() {
 install_file() {
     # figure out if $2 is a directory or not
     DEST_FILE="${INSTALL_PREFIX}$2"
-    [ -d "$2" ] && DEST_FILE="${INSTALL_PREFIX}$2/$(basename $1)"
+    [ -d "${DEST_FILE}" ] && DEST_FILE="${INSTALL_PREFIX}$2/$(basename $1)"
 
-    echo " Installing: '$1' -> '$2'"
+    echo " Installing: '$1' -> '${DESTFILE}'"
     do_cmd cp -fP "$1" "${DEST_FILE}" || return 1
     do_cmd chmod "$3" "${DEST_FILE}" || return 1
 
@@ -213,9 +214,9 @@ install_file() {
 # install_file(), only we strip out the #line directives.
 install_header() {
     DEST_FILE="${INSTALL_PREFIX}$2"
-    [ -d "$2" ] && DEST_FILE="${INSTALL_PREFIX}$2/$(basename $1)"
+    [ -d "${DEST_FILE}" ] && DEST_FILE="${INSTALL_PREFIX}$2/$(basename $1)"
 
-    echo " Installing header: '$1' -> '$2'"
+    echo " Installing: '$1' -> '${DESTFILE}'"
     do_cmd rm -f ${DEST_FILE} || exit 1
     do_cmd_redir ${DEST_FILE} sed -e "s,^#line.*,," $1 || exit 1
     do_cmd chmod "$3" "${DEST_FILE}" || return 1