MKDIR

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BSD 4.2  

NAME

mkdir - make a directory file  

SYNOPSIS

Fd #include <sys/types.h> Fd #include <sys/stat.h> Ft int Fn mkdir const char *path mode_t mode  

DESCRIPTION

The directory Fa path is created with the access permissions specified by Fa mode and restricted by the the umask(2) of the calling process.

The directory's owner ID is set to the process's effective user ID. The directory's group ID is set to that of the parent directory in which it is created.  

RETURN VALUES

A 0 return value indicates success. A -1 return value indicates an error, and an error code is stored in errno  

ERRORS

Fn Mkdir will fail and no directory will be created if:

Bq Er ENOTDIR
A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
A component of a pathname exceeded {NAME_MAX} characters, or an entire path name exceeded {PATH_MAX} characters.
Bq Er ENOENT
A component of the path prefix does not exist.
Bq Er EACCES
Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
Bq Er ELOOP
Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
Bq Er EROFS
The named file resides on a read-only file system.
Bq Er EEXIST
The named file exists.
Bq Er ENOSPC
The new directory cannot be created because there is no space left on the file system that will contain the directory.
Bq Er ENOSPC
There are no free inodes on the file system on which the directory is being created.
Bq Er EDQUOT
The new directory cannot be created because the user's quota of disk blocks on the file system that will contain the directory has been exhausted.
Bq Er EDQUOT
The user's quota of inodes on the file system on which the directory is being created has been exhausted.
Bq Er EIO
An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry or allocating the inode.
Bq Er EIO
An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
Bq Er EFAULT
Fa Path points outside the process's allocated address space.

 

SEE ALSO

chmod(2), stat(2), umask(2)  

STANDARDS

The Fn mkdir function conforms to St -p1003.1-88 .


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUES
ERRORS
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS

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