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1MKDIR(1) BSD Reference Manual MKDIR(1)
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4 m\bmk\bkd\bdi\bir\br - make directories
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6S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
7 m\bmk\bkd\bdi\bir\br [-\b-p\bp] _\bd_\bi_\br_\be_\bc_\bt_\bo_\br_\by_\b__\bn_\ba_\bm_\be _\b._\b._\b.
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9D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
10 M\bMk\bkd\bdi\bir\br creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified,
11 using mode 0777 modified by the current umask(2).
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13 The options are as follows:
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15 -\b-p\bp Create intermediate directories as required. If this option is
16 not specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already
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19 The user must have write permission in the parent directory.
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21 M\bMk\bkd\bdi\bir\br exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.
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23S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
24 rmdir(1)
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26S\bST\bTA\bAN\bND\bDA\bAR\bRD\bDS\bS
27 The m\bmk\bkd\bdi\bir\br utility is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX'') compati-
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