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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MKDIR(1)                                                 MKDIR(1)



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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