[Info-vax] mkdir ?

[Craig A. Berry]

On 1/24/19 2:47 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> pcoviello at gmail.com <pcoviello at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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's doing a system command to pass a mkdir on to DCL.  Either set up a
> DCL symbol or fix the code.
> 
> Don't expect to be able to create a file with a name like \\facs1\SQL_HELP
> though.

Windows filename syntax on VMS could be a challenge, but if you want
something that will accept either VMS or Unix syntax, just use Perl:

$ mkdir :== "''perl' -e ""mkdir $ARGV[0];"""

after which

$ mkdir testdir
$ mkdir ./testdir
$ mkdir [.testdir]

will all give you the same result.

This method also makes intervening directories if necessary, e.g.:

$ mkdir [.a.b.c]
$ dir [.a...]

Directory DSA0:[craig.a]

b.DIR;1

Total of 1 file.

Directory DSA0:[craig.a.b]

c.DIR;1

Total of 1 file.

Grand total of 2 directories, 2 files.