Can't create folder using mkdir

Question

I want to create a folder following the below procedure:

set folder 2017/October/10
mkdir $folder

But this isn't possible and I get the message:

mkdir: cannot create directory '2017/October/10': No such file or directory

I want to include that in script function! I could really use some help!

EDIT: This just can't happen!

Solution

The / character is used to separate the different directories, and it fails because the directory 2017 does not yet exist. To create nested directories with the parent directories created automatically, use

mkdir -p 2017/October/10

Comments

[Teo Protoulis]

Same result. It didn't work.

[Panther]

That is not a good name, it will cause problems. You can try mkdir '2017/October/10' but imho better use a different delineate 2017.October.10 for exame

[wjandrea]

I'd recommend ISO-8601 format for naming files and dirs, so in this case: 2017-10-10

[thomasrutter]

Forward slashes aren't allowed in file or directory names on any variant of Unix (including Linux). Even if individual filesystems support it (and the main ones don't), the operating system doesn't. I'd recommend dashes instead.

[Teo Protoulis]

I want the name of the directory to be 2017/October/10. I don't want to create a folder and then subfolders within it.

[wjandrea]

@TeoProtoulis You can't do that. (Edit: sorry for the all-caps)

[Teo Protoulis]

@wjandrea Yes, I figured that out. Thanks anyway!