MKDIR

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: GNU File Utilities
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NAME

mkdir - make directories  

SYNOPSIS

mkdir [-p] [-m mode] [--parents] [--mode=mode] [--help] [--version] dir...  

DESCRIPTION

This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be inaccurate or incomplete. The Texinfo documentation is now the authoritative source.

This manual page documents the GNU version of mkdir. mkdir creates a directory with each given name. By default, the mode of created directories is 0777 minus the bits set in the umask.  

OPTIONS

-m, --mode mode
Set the mode of created directories to mode, which is symbolic as in chmod and uses the default mode as the point of departure.
-p, --parents
Ensure that each given directory exists. Create any missing parent directories for each argument. Parent directories default to the umask modified by `u+wx'. Do not consider an argument directory that already exists to be an error.
--help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
--version
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS

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