MKDIR

Section: MINTLIB LIBRARY FUNCTIONS (3)
Updated: 3 March 1993
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NAME

mkdir - make a directory

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int mkdir(const char *path, unsigned int mode);

DESCRIPTION

The routine mkdir creates a new directory with the name path. The mode of the new directory is initialized from the mode. The protection part of the mode argument is modified by the process's mode mask (see umask). The directory's owner ID is set to the process's effective user ID. The directory's group ID is set to the process's effective group ID. The newly created directory is empty except for the entries '.' and

RETURN VALUES

0 upon successfull completion. -1 on error; errno is set to indicate the error.