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MKDIR(1)		   OpenBSD Reference Manual		      MKDIR(1)

NAME
     mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
     mkdir [-p] [-m mode] directory ...

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 newly created directory to
	     mode.  The mode argument can be in any of the formats 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
     explanation of the directory hierarchy, see hier(7).

EXIT STATUS
     The mkdir utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

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
     intermediate directories as necessary:

	   $ mkdir -p cow/horse/monkey

SEE ALSO
     chmod(1), rmdir(1), mkdir(2), umask(2), hier(7)

STANDARDS
     The mkdir utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (``POSIX'')
     specification.

HISTORY
     A mkdir command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.

OpenBSD 4.9		       September 3, 2010		   OpenBSD 4.9
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