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.

-m, --mode=MODE

set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx - umask

-p, --parents

no error if existing, make parent directories as needed

-v, --verbose

print a message for each created directory

-Z

set SELinux security context of each created directory to the default type

--context[=CTX]

like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

AUTHOR¶

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS¶

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report mkdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO¶

mkdir(2) Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkdir invocation'