mkdir(1) - Linux man page

Name

mkdir - make directories

Synopsis

mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY...

Description

Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

-Z, --context=CONTEXT (SELinux) set security context to CONTEXT
-m, --mode=MODE
set permission mode (as in chmod), not rwxrwxrwx - umask
-p, --parents
no error if existing, make parent directories as needed
-v, --verbose
print a message for each created directory
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

Author

Written by David MacKenzie.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright

Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

See Also

The full documentation for mkdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mkdir programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info mkdir

should give you access to the complete manual.

Referenced By

jk_init(8), libarchive-formats(5), mkdir(2), mkdirhier(1)