mkdir(1)                                                 mkdir(1)



NAME
     mkdir - creates a directory

SYNOPSIS
     mkdir dirname...

ARGUMENTS
     dirname
          Specifies the directory to be created.

DESCRIPTION
     mkdir creates specified directories in mode 777 (possibly
     altered by the user's umask (see sh(1), csh(1) and ksh(1)).
     Standard entries, ., for the directory itself, and .., for
     its parent, are made automatically.  These and other
     directories beginning with . are not visible in listings
     unless you use the -a flag option to ls.

     mkdir requires write permission in the parent directory.

EXAMPLES
     To create a directory called letters as a subdirectory of
     the current directory at the time you employ the command,
     enter:

        mkdir letters


STATUS MESSAGES AND VALUES
     The mkdir command returns exit code 0 if all directories
     were successfully made; otherwise, it prints a diagnostic
     and returns nonzero.

FILES
     /bin/mkdir
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     chmod(1), csh(1), ksh(1), rm(1), sh(1)
















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