MKDIR

NAME

makedir, 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 directory argument. The mode for parent directories is set to the umask modified by `u+wx'. Ignore arguments 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.

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

NOTES

This page describes mkdir as found in the fileutils-3.16 package; other versions may differ slightly. Mail corrections and additions to aeb@cwi.nl and aw@mail1.bet1.puv.fi and ragnar@lightside.ddns.org . Report bugs in the program to fileutils-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu.

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guys, put this stuff in the visible text, eh?