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mkdir (1g)

Name

mkdir - make directories

Synopsis

mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

Description

MKDIR(1)                         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  directory  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/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report mkdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.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  redistribute  it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


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/core-
       utils-8.16.tar.xz

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



GNU coreutils 8.16                March 2012                          MKDIR(1)