Name
mkdir
Synopsis
mkdir [options
]directories
Creates 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
Set the access mode for new directories. See
chmod
for an explanation of acceptable formats for mode.-
-p
Create intervening parent directories if they don’t exist.
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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