Name
mkdir
Synopsis
mkdir [options
]directories
Create one or more directories. You must have write permission in the parent directory in order to create a directory. See also rmdir. The default mode of the new directory is 0777, modified by the system or user’s umask.
Options
- -m mode, --mode mode
Set the access mode for new directories. See chmod for an explanation of acceptable formats for mode.
- -p, --parents
Create intervening parent directories if they don’t exist.
- -v, --verbose
Print a message for each directory created.
- --help
Print help message and then exit.
- --version
Print version number and then exit.
- -Z context, --context=context
Set security context in SELinux.
Examples
Create a read-only directory named personal:
mkdir -m 444 personal
The following sequence:
mkdir work; cd work mkdir junk; cd junk mkdir questions; cd ../..
can be accomplished by typing this:
mkdir -p work/junk/questions
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