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mkdir (1g)

Name

mkdir - make directories

Synopsis

mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

Description




User Commands                                            MKDIR(1)



NAME
     mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
     mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

DESCRIPTION
     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 file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx - umask

     -p, --parents
          no error if existing, make parent directories as needed

     -v, --verbose
          print a message for each created directory

     -Z, --context=CTX
          set the SELinux security context of each created direc-
          tory to CTX

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

AUTHOR
     Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report mkdir bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
     utils/>
     General  help  using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
     elp/>
     Report mkdir  translation  bugs  to  <http://translationpro-
     ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright  (C)  2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License
     GPLv3+:     GNU     GPL     version     3      or      later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This  is  free  software:  you are free to change and redis-
     tribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the  extent  permitted
     by law.





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User Commands                                            MKDIR(1)



ATTRIBUTES
     See   attributes(5)   for   descriptions  of  the  following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
     +---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
     mkdir(2)

     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 coreutils 'mkdir invocation'

     should give you access to the complete manual.



NOTES
     This  software  was   built   from   source   available   at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.    The  original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz

     Further  information about this software can be found on the
     open source community  website  at  http://www.gnu.org/soft-
     ware/coreutils/.






















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