This worked for me, once I was in a shell that supported it:
TS00086:/DEVL/u/ts00086: b>tcsh
> mkdir -p test/smp{hold,ptfin}
> ls test
smphold smpptfin
> exit
TS00086:/DEVL/u/ts00086: b>
The default shell, at least here, doesn¹t support the braces.
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> From: John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Walter Marguccio wrote:
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: "Jackson, Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>> I've used most, if not all of the commands listed in the article on z/OS
>>> USS and z/series Linux.
>>> The following command;
>>> { mkdir -p $HOME/tmp3/sub1/sub1_a ; }
>>> will work under USS or z/Linux and most UNIX shells.
>>
>> Scott,
>>
>> under USS I wanted to create three subdirectory for my ShopzSeries PTF order
>> in one shot.
>> My goal was to create directory U00123456, plus SMPPTFIN and SMPHOLD as
>> subdirectores (at the same level).
>> Using mkdir -p /U00123456/SMPPTFIN does work, and I was looking for a way
>> to tell mkdir to create
>> SMPHOLD as subdirectory on the same level as SMPPTFIN. I played around a bit
>> with '{', without success.
>> RTFM didn't help either.
>
>
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ bsh
> $ echo /tmp/{a,b,c}
> /tmp/{a,b,c}
> $ eval /tmp/{a,b,c}
> eval: /tmp/{a,b,c}: not found
> $
>
> This is on nahant.
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