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MKDIR(1)                    NetBSD Reference Manual                   MKDIR(1)


NAME

     mkdir - make directories


SYNOPSIS

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


DESCRIPTION

     mkdir 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      Set the file permission bits of the final created directory to
             the specified mode.  The mode argument can be in any of the for-
             mats specified to the chmod(1) utility.  If a symbolic mode is
             specified, the operation characters ``+'' and ``-'' are inter-
             preted 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.

     mkdir exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.


SEE ALSO

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


STANDARDS

     The mkdir utility is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compati-
     ble.

NetBSD 1.4                     January 25, 1994                              1