efi_mkdir(1M)                                                 efi_mkdir(1M)
                   Itanium(R)-Based Processor Family Only



 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      efi_mkdir - make an EFI directory

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      efi_mkdir [-d devicefile] [-p] dirname

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      efi_mkdir makes an EFI directory.

      The EFI file system is based on the FAT file system and used by the
      Itanium(R)-based system BIOS to locate an HP-UX bootloader.  See
      efi(4).

      efi_mkdir creates directory dirname in the EFI volume specified by
      devicefile.  If dirname already exists, efi_mkdir exits with a
      diagnostic message, and the directory is not changed.  If more than
      one subdirectory needs to be created to make dirname, efi_mkdir exits
      with a diagnostic message and the directory is not changed, unless the
      -p option is specified.  dirname should be relative to the root of the
      EFI volume specified by devicefile, not to an HP-UX file system.

    Options    [Toc]    [Back]
      Options can be used singly or combined in any order before the file
      names.  The space between option and argument is optional.

      -d devicefile  devicefile is the device special file of the EFI file
                     system where the directory is to be made.  Without the
                     -d option, efi_mkdir uses the device file specified in
                     the environment variable EFI_PARTITION if it is
                     defined.  The -d option overrides the EFI_PARTITION
                     environment variable.

      -p             Create intermediate directories as necessary.

 RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]
      efi_mkdir returns exit code 0 if the directory is made successfully.
      Otherwise it prints a diagnostic message and returns nonzero.

          0      Successful completion.
         >0      Error condition occurred.

 EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]
      Create directory hp-ux in device file /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0s1, which
      contains an EFI file system:

           efi_mkdir -d /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0s1 hp-ux

      Create a directory /abc/def/ in device file /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0s1, which
      contains an EFI file system, when /abc does not exist yet:





 Hewlett-Packard Company            - 1 -      HP-UX 11i Version 2: Sep 2004






 efi_mkdir(1M)                                                 efi_mkdir(1M)
                   Itanium(R)-Based Processor Family Only



           efi_mkdir -d /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0s1 -p /abc/def/

 AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]
      efi_mkdir was developed by HP.

 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      efi_fsinit(1M), efi_cp(1M), efi_ls(1M), efi_rm(1M), efi_rmdir(1M),
      efi(4).


 Hewlett-Packard Company            - 2 -      HP-UX 11i Version 2: Sep 2004