Perl mkdir command

[bigfoot_80906]

In unix there is a -p tag for the mkdir command. Is there a similar tag in Perl?

[Comatose]

I don't think so, but it's real easy to shell to the prompt, and mkdir -p that way, such as:

system "mkdir -p whatever";

or you can just use ticks `mkdir -p whatever`; Hope this helps.

[draxil]

mkpath (part of the standard perl modules) does what you want:

use File::Path;
mkpath "foo/bar/"; #will create foo before bar if needed :)

[KevinADC]

mkdir()

http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/mkdir.html

although using File::Path does have advantages and it's a core module so nothing to install:

http://perldoc.perl.org/File/Path.html