mkdir

NAME

mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS

mkdir [-p] [-m mode] directory_name  ...

DESCRIPTION

The mkdir(1) utility creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified, using mode rwxrwxrwx (0777) as modified by the current umask(1).

The options are as follows:

-m

Set the file permission bits of the final created directory to the specified mode. The mode argument can be in any of the formats specified to the chmod(1) command. If a symbolic mode is specified, the plus-sign operation character (+) and the minus-sign operation character (-) 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, as well as write-and-search permission for the owner.

The user must have write permission in the parent directory.

DIAGNOSTICS

The mkdir(1) utility exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO

rm(1)

rmdir(1)

umask(1)