User Commands						 MKDIR(1)



NAME
     mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
     mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

DESCRIPTION
     Create the	DIRECTORY(ies),	if they	do not already exist.

     Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for  short
     options too.

     -m, --mode=MODE
	  set file mode	(as in chmod), not a=rwx - umask

     -p, --parents
	  no error if existing,	make parent directories	as needed

     -v, --verbose
	  print	a message for each created directory

     -Z, --context=CTX
	  set the SELinux security context of each created direc-
	  tory to CTX

     --help
	  display this help and	exit

     --version
	  output version information and exit

AUTHOR
     Written by	David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report mkdir bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.	  License
     GPLv3+:	  GNU	   GPL	   version     3     or	    later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you	are free to change and	redistri-
     bute  it.	 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     mkdir(2)




GNU coreutils 7.4     Last change: May 2009			1






User Commands						 MKDIR(1)



     The full documentation for	mkdir is maintained as a  Texinfo
     manual.   If  the	info  and  mkdir  programs  are	 properly
     installed at your site, the command

	  info coreutils mkdir invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.
















































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