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Brian Schmitz
Brian Schmitz
11,167 Points
Posted by Brian Schmitz
Brian Schmitz
11,167 Points

Syntax not working in the terminal on windows when running tests - "mkdir -p spec/features/todo_lists"

Does anyone know if there is alternative for this code for windows so that I can create the sub-directories here. I am getting a response in the terminal that says "syntax of the command is incorrect."

I have - "mkdir -p spec/features/todo_lists"

Thanks

3 Answers

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

If you're on Windows, try omitting the -p flag

Brian Schmitz
Brian Schmitz
11,167 Points
Brian Schmitz
Brian Schmitz
11,167 Points

Hey Michael,

I tried that and it gave me the same "syntax not working" message. I just went into cd spec and created mkdir features and then went into that folder and created mkdir todo_lists and that has seemed to work fine this far. We'll see if I need to have the subdirectories at all later I guess.

Thanks for the time.

Ryan Hemrick
Ryan Hemrick
12,759 Points
Ryan Hemrick
Ryan Hemrick
12,759 Points

Using backslashes instead of forwardslashes works