mkdir.1 (716B)
1 .TH MKDIR 1 2 .SH NAME 3 mkdir \- make a directory 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 .B mkdir 6 [ 7 .B -p 8 ] [ 9 .B -m 10 . I mode 11 ] 12 .I dirname ... 13 .SH DESCRIPTION 14 .I Mkdir 15 creates the specified directories. 16 It 17 requires write permission in the parent directory. 18 .PP 19 If the 20 .B -p 21 flag is given, 22 .I mkdir 23 creates any necessary parent directories 24 and does not complain if the target directory already exists. 25 .PP 26 The 27 .B -m 28 flag sets the permissions to be used when creating the directory. 29 The default is 0777. 30 .SH "SEE ALSO" 31 .IR rm (1) 32 .br 33 .IR cd 34 in 35 .IR rc (1) 36 .SH SOURCE 37 .B \*9/src/cmd/mkdir.c 38 .SH DIAGNOSTICS 39 .I Mkdir 40 returns null exit status if all directories were successfully made. 41 Otherwise it prints a diagnostic and returns 42 .B \&"error" 43 status.