MKDIR(C)                                   UNIX System V



     Name
          mkdir - makes a directory


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


     Description
          The mkdir command creates the named directories in mode  777
          [possibly altered by umask(C)].

          Standard entries in a directory (e.g., the files ., 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.

          Two options apply to mkdir:

          -m   This option allows users to specify the mode to be used
               for new directories.  Choices for modes can be found in
               chmod(C).

          -p   With this option, mkdir creates dirname by creating all
               the non-existing parent directories first.


     See Also
          sh(C), rm(C), rmdir(C), umask(C), mkdir(S)


     Diagnostics
          The mkdir command returns exit code  0  if  all  directories
          given   in   the   command   line  were  made  successfully.
          Otherwise, it prints a diagnostic and returns non-zero.   An
          error code is stored in errno.


     Standards Conformance
          mkdir is conformant with:

          AT&T SVID Issue 2, Select Code 307-127.


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