Date:         Fri, 23 May 2003 09:56:41 -0400
Reply-To:     joneil <joneil@ALUMNI.UNION.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         joneil <joneil@ALUMNI.UNION.EDU>
Subject:      Re: mkdir and macro var

Solution provided by Ian Whitlock:

%LET date = 10MAY2003;

options xsync noxwait;

data _null_;
rc=system(%unquote(%str(%') mkdir "c:\sub directory\&date" %str(%')));
run;