mkdir

MKDIR(1) User Commands MKDIR(1)

NAME

mkdir - make directories


SYNOPSIS
mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY...

DESCRIPTION

Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.


Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.


-m, --mode=MODE
set permission mode (as in chmod), not rwxrwxrwx - umask


-p, --parents
no error if existing, make parent directories as needed


-v, --verbose
print a message for each created directory


--help display this help and exit


--version
output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.


REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.



SEE ALSO

The full documentation for mkdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and mkdir programs are properly installed at your site, the
command


info coreutils mkdir


should give you access to the complete manual.






mkdir (coreutils) 5.2.1 July 2004 MKDIR(1)