MKDIR(1) BSD Reference Manual MKDIR(1)NAMEmkdir - make directories
SYNOPSISmkdir [-p] [-m mode] directory_name [...]
DESCRIPTION
The mkdir utility creates the directories named as operands, in the order
specified, using mode rwxrwxrwx (0777) as modified by the current
umask(2).
The options are as follows:
-m mode
Set the file permission bits of the final created directory to
the specified mode. The mode argument can be in any of the for-
mats specified to the chmod(1) utility. If a symbolic mode is
specified, the operators '+' 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 rwxrwxrwx (0777) as modified by the current umask, plus write
and search permission for the owner. Do not consider it an error
if the argument directory already exists.
The user must have write permission in the parent directory. For an ex-
planation of the directory hierarchy, see hier(7).
The mkdir utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
EXAMPLES
Create a directory named foobar:
$ mkdir foobar
Create a directory named foobar and set its file mode to 700:
$ mkdir-m 700 foobar
Create a directory named cow/horse/monkey, creating any non-existent in-
termediate directories as necessary:
$ mkdir-p cow/horse/monkey
SEE ALSOchmod(1), rmdir(1), umask(2), hier(7)STANDARDS
The mkdir utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 ("POSIX.2") compati-
ble.
HISTORY
A mkdir command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.
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