mkdir in perl script

All,

I am trying to create a directory in workflow with a perl script. However, I am not sure of the syntax that should be used.

We are capturing the directory in a variable

$directory = y:\default\main\testing\WORKAREA\testing\docs\

but I need to know how to throw the proper system command to create this.

Any thoughts on this would be great!!

Thanks.

Lucas Cochrane
lcochrane@dc.com

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Migrateduser

I would think the proper system command to create a new directory would be the proper system command to create a new directory. I guess I'm not understanding your problem. Did you even try it? I'm assuming you're on windows looking at your directory structure, so as long as you have the correct permissions, mkdir should do the trick.

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Migrateduser

I think there is a Perl mkdir command. But NT mkdir makes all required directories in the chain, which is better. I suggest writing a subroutine in a Perl module that creates the entire required directory chain (unless someone knows where such a subroutine exists in the Interwoven Perl distribution).

laj1

"(unless someone knows where such a subroutine exists in the Interwoven Perl distribution)."

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or, in Unix:

$ perldoc File: Smiley Tongue

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