Index: /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_insert_request.pl
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--- /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_insert_request.pl	(revision 37078)
+++ /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_insert_request.pl	(revision 37079)
@@ -119,12 +119,16 @@
 }
 
-my $datestr = strftime "%Y%m%d", gmtime;
+# put file in directory for the current date
+my $datestr = strftime "%Y/%m/%d", gmtime;
 my $datedir = "$workdir/webreq/$datestr";
 if (! -e $datedir ) {
-    if (!  mkdir $datedir ) {
-        print STDERR  "failed to create working directory $datedir";
+    my $rc = system "mkdir -p $datedir";
+    if ($rc) {
+        my $status = $rc >> 8;
+        print STDERR  "failed to create working directory $datedir: $rc $status";
         exit $PS_EXIT_CONFIG_ERROR;
     }
 }
+
 
 my $webreq_num = get_webreq_num();