MKDIR(1) MKDIR(1)
NAME
mkdir - make directories
SYNOPSIS
mkdir [options] directory...
POSIX options: [-p] [-m mode] [--]
GNU options (shortest form): [-p] [-m mode] [--verbose]
[--help] [--version] [--]
DESCRIPTION
mkdir creates directories with the specified names.
By default, the mode of created directories is 0777
(`a+rwx') minus the bits set in the umask.
OPTIONS
-m mode, --mode=mode
Set the mode of created directories to mode, which
may be symbolic as in chmod(1) and then uses the
default mode as the point of departure.
-p, --parents
Make any missing parent directories for each direc-
tory argument. The mode for parent directories is
set to the umask modified by `u+wx'. Ignore argu-
ments corresponding to existing directories.
(Thus, if a directory /a exists, then `mkdir /a' is
an error, but `mkdir -p /a' is not.)
--verbose
Print a message for each created directory. This
is most useful with --parents.
-- Terminate option list.
GNU STANDARD OPTIONS
--help Print a usage message on standard output and exit
successfully.
--version
Print version information on standard output, then
exit successfully.
-- Terminate option list.
ENVIRONMENT
The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have
the usual meaning.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX 1003.2
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NOTES
This page describes mkdir as found in the fileutils-4.0
package; other versions may differ slightly. Mail correc-
tions and additions to aeb@cwi.nl. Report bugs in the
program to fileutils-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu.
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