[Info-vax] mkdir ?

[Jim]

On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 5:11:36 PM UTC-5, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 1/23/2019 3:54 PM, pcoviello at gmail.com wrote:
> > we have an application that is issuing a MKDIR command in one of their
> > menus, is there anything I can do to have it translate to a VMS command?
> > it's a menu selection to output a file.  setting a symbol or logical before invoking the application.  any ideas?
> 
> Hack:
> 
> $ mkdir :== @disk:[dir]mkdir.com
> 
> where mkdir.com contains:
> 
> $ create/dir [.'p1']
> 
> (modify to be more advanced if needed)
> 
> Better but also more work:
> 
> Write a program doing whatever you need, let it use
> CLI$ routines and stuff a CLD defining a mkdir command
> into DCLTABLES.
> 
> Arne

Or perhaps place the mkdir.com in the DCL$PATH area and dispense with symbols for more global use.