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, --context=CTX

set the SELinux security context of each created directory to CTX

When COREUTILS_CHILD_DEFAULT_ACLS environment variable is set, -p/--parents option respects default umask and ACLs, as it does in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 by default

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

AUTHOR¶

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report mkdir bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report mkdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2010 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)

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 coreutils 'mkdir invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.