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| ef1f0408 | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
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2 | .\" All rights reserved. |
| 3 | .\" | |
| 27c71911 | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% |
| c882ced5 | 5 | .\" |
| cc188be2 | 6 | .\" @(#)mkdir.1 6.7 (Berkeley) %G% |
| f34dabd9 | 7 | .\" |
| cc188be2 | 8 | .Vx |
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9 | .Dd |
| 10 | .Dt MKDIR 1 | |
| cc188be2 | 11 | .Os |
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12 | .Sh NAME |
| 13 | .Nm mkdir | |
| 14 | .Nd make directories | |
| 15 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 16 | .Nm mkdir | |
| 17 | .Op Fl p Ar directory_name ... | |
| 18 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 19 | .Nm Mkdir | |
| c882ced5 | 20 | creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified, |
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21 | using mode |
| 22 | .Li \&0777 | |
| 23 | modified by the current | |
| 24 | .Xr umask 2 . | |
| 25 | .Pp | |
| c882ced5 | 26 | The options are as follows: |
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27 | .Tw Ds |
| 28 | .Tp Fl p | |
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29 | Create intermediate directories as required. If this option is not |
| 30 | specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already exist. | |
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31 | .Tp |
| 32 | .Pp | |
| 33 | The user must have write permission in the parent directory. | |
| 34 | .Pp | |
| 35 | .Nm Mkdir | |
| c882ced5 | 36 | exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred. |
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37 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| 38 | .Xr rmdir 1 | |
| 39 | .Sh STANDARDS | |
| c882ced5 | 40 | Mkdir is POSIX 1003.2 compliant. |
| 5325ced3 | 41 | This manual page is derived from the POSIX 1003.2 manual page. |