MKDIR(1) BSD Reference Manual MKDIR(1)NAMEmkdir - make directories
SYNOPSISmkdir [-p] [-m mode] directory_name ...
DESCRIPTION
Mkdir creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified,
using mode a=rwx (0777) as modified by the current file mode creation
mask (umask(2)).
The options are as follows:
-m Set the mode bits of the final created directory to the specified
mode. The file mode creation mask applies to the mode. The mode
argument can be in any of the formats specified to the chmod(1)
command. If a symbolic mode is specified, the operation charac-
ters ``+'' and ``-'' are interpreted relative to an initial mode
of ``a=rwx''.
-p Create intermediate directories as required. If this option is
not specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already
exist. Intermediate directories are created with permission bits
of a=rwx (0777) as modified by the current file mode creation
mask, plus write and search permission for the owner.
The user must have write permission in the parent directory.
Mkdir exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.
SEE ALSOrmdir(1), umask(1)STANDARDS
The mkdir utility is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX'') compati-
ble.
BUGS
You can't set the sticky, setuid or setgid bits on a directory using
mkdir. This behavior may change in future releases.
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