NAME
mkdir —
make directories
SYNOPSIS
mkdir |
[-pv] [-m
mode] directory_name ... |
DESCRIPTION
Themkdir 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:
-mmode- 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) command. If a symbolic mode is specified, the operation characters “+” 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. On the
other hand, with this option specified, no error will be reported if a
directory given as an operand already exists. Intermediate directories are
created with permission bits of
rwxrwxrwx (0777)as modified by the current umask, plus write and search permission for the owner. -v- Be verbose when creating directories, listing them as they are created.
The user must have write permission in the parent directory.
EXIT STATUS
The mkdir utility exits 0 on
success, and >0 if an error occurs.
COMPATIBILITY
The -v option is non-standard and its use
in scripts is not recommended.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The mkdir utility is expected to be
IEEE Std 1003.2 (“POSIX.2”)
compatible.
HISTORY
A mkdir command appeared in
Version 1 AT&T UNIX.