MKDIR(1)                                                              MKDIR(1)



NAME
       mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
       mkdir [options] directory...

       POSIX options: [-p] [-m mode] [--]

       GNU  options  (shortest  form):  [-p]  [-m  mode]  [--verbose] [--help]
       [--version] [--]

DESCRIPTION
       mkdir creates directories with the specified names.

       By default, the mode of created directories is 0777 (`a+rwx') minus the
       bits set in the umask.

OPTIONS
       -m mode, --mode=mode
              Set  the  mode of created directories to mode, which may be sym-
              bolic as in chmod(1) and then uses the default mode as the point
              of departure.

       -p, --parents
              Make any missing parent directories for each directory argument.
              The mode for parent directories is set to the umask modified  by
              `u+wx'.  Ignore arguments corresponding to existing directories.
              (Thus, if a directory /a exists, then `mkdir /a'  is  an  error,
              but `mkdir -p /a' is not.)

       --verbose
              Print a message for each created directory.  This is most useful
              with --parents.

       --     Terminate option list.

GNU STANDARD OPTIONS
       --help Print a usage message on standard output and exit  successfully.

       --version
              Print version information on standard output, then exit success-
              fully.

       --     Terminate option list.

ENVIRONMENT
       The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and  LC_MESSAGES  have  the  usual
       meaning.

CONFORMING TO
       POSIX 1003.2

NOTES
       This  page describes mkdir as found in the fileutils-4.0 package; other
       versions may  differ  slightly.   Mail  corrections  and  additions  to
       aeb@cwi.nl.     Report    bugs    in    the   program   to   fileutils-
       bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu.



GNU fileutils 4.0                   1998-11                           MKDIR(1)