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mkdir - make directories
mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY...
Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.
Mandatory arguments
to long options are mandatory for short options too.
- -m, --mode=MODE
- set permission
mode (as in chmod), not rwxrwxrwx - umask
- -p, --parents
- no error if existing,
make parent directories as needed
- -v, --verbose
- print a message for each created
directory
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information
and exit
Written by David MacKenzie.
Report bugs to
<bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation,
Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The full documentation for mkdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and mkdir programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
- info mkdir
should give you access to the complete manual.
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