NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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 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.

     The mkdir utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an  error  occurred.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     $ mkdir foobar

     Create a directory named foobar.

     $ mkdir -m 700 foobar

     Create  a  directory  named  foobar and set its file mode to
700.

     $ mkdir -p cow/horse/monkey

     Create a directory named cow/horse/monkey, creating any nonexistent intermediate
 directories as necessary.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     chmod(1), rmdir(1), umask(2)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The  mkdir  utility  is  expected  to  be  IEEE  Std  1003.2
(``POSIX.2'') compatible.

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

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

OpenBSD     3.6                        January      25,      1994