mkdir.1 (2010 09)

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mkdir(1) mkdir(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
mkdir returns exit code 0 if all directories were created successfully. Otherwise, it prints a diagnostic
and returns non-zero.
mkdir returns exit code 0 if the -p
option was specified, and all the specified directories now exist. If
any of the intermediate directories do not have search or write permission (with the
-p option), mkdir
prints a diagnostic and returns non-zero.
EXAMPLES
Create directory
gem beneath existing directory raw in the current directory:
mkdir raw/gem
Create directory path raw/gem/diamond
underneath the current directory and set permissions on
directory
diamond to read-only for all users (
a=r):
mkdir -p -m "a=r" raw/gem/diamond
which is equivalent to (see chmod (1)):
mkdir -p -m 444 raw/gem/diamond
If directories raw or raw and gem already exist, only the missing directories in the specified path are
created.
SEE ALSO
rm(1), setacl(1), sh(1), umask(1), aclv(5), standards(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
mkdir: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, POSIX.2
2 Hewlett-Packard Company − 2 − HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010