mkdir(1)                                                    mkdir(1)


       NAME
             mkdir - make directories

       SYNOPSIS
             mkdir [-m mode] [-p] dirname . . .

       DESCRIPTION
             mkdir creates the specified directories in mode 777 [possibly
             altered by umask(1)].

             Standard entries in a directory, .  for the directory itself,
             and ..  for its parent are made automatically.  mkdir cannot
             create these entries by name.  Creation of a directory
             requires write permission in the parent directory.

             The owner ID and group ID of the new directories are set to
             the process's real user ID and group ID, respectively.

             The mkdir command has the following options:

             -m mode    Use mode for the new directories.  Choices for mode
                        can be found in chmod(1).

             -p         Create all the non-existing parent directories
                        first.

       EXAMPLES
             Create the subdirectory structure ltr/jd/jan:
                   mkdir -p ltr/jd/jan

       FILES
             /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore.abi
                   language-specific message file [See LANG on environ
                   (5).]

       REFERENCES
             intro(2), mkdir(2), rm(1), sh(1), umask(1)

       DIAGNOSTICS
             mkdir returns exit code 0 if all directories given in the
             command line were made successfully.  Otherwise, it prints a
             diagnostic and returns non-zero.

       NOTICES
             Symbolic modes should be used with the -m option, in
             preference to octal modes, since octal modes may not be


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