[Info-vax] mkdir ?

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In article <a1d7a18c-a7c9-467e-b6f5-5021358be3f1 at googlegroups.com>, "pcoviello at gmail.com" <pcoviello at gmail.com> writes:
>On Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 12:02:46 PM UTC-5, Bob Koehler wrote:
>> In article <7140b3c8-651a-44a1-93f5-94442df2922f at googlegroups.com>, "pcoviello at gmail.com" <pcoviello at gmail.com> writes:
>> > 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?
>> 
>>    That's about as clear as mud.  Maybe you code post some of the code?
>> 
>>    Or, you could just hire a programmer.
>
>
>I don't have the code it's loaded into cache.  I have asked the application vendor for the specifics of that screen
>
>
>here is a screen shot of what I see when I go to the menu 
>
>Enter the file path for these pages:  \\facs1\SQL_HELP
>%DCL-W-IVVERB, unrecognized command verb - check validity and spelling
>\MKDIR\
>Path cannot be opened or created.  Nothing will be generated.
>Key RETURN to continue.

It appears to be trying to issue MKDIR as if a DCL command.  You could make
a simple DCL procedure to satisfy the MKDIR.  Define a symbol to activate it.

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