NAME

mkdir − make directories

SYNOPSIS

mkdir [−p] [−m mode] [−−parents] [−−mode=mode] [−−help] [−−version] dir... 

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the GNU version of mkdir.  mkdir creates a directory with each given name.  By default, the mode of created directories is 0777 minus the bits set in the umask. 

OPTIONS

−m, −−mode mode
Set the mode of created directories to mode, which is symbolic as in chmod and uses the default mode as the point of departure.

−p, −−parents
Ensure that each given path exists.  Make any missing parent directories for each argument.  Parent directories default to the umask modified by ‘u+wx’.  Do not consider an argument directory that already exists to be an error.

−−help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

−−version
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.