mkdir
make directories
TLDR
Create specific directories
Create specific directories and their [p]arents if needed
Create directories with specific permissions
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, with their file modes unaffected by any -m option.
- -v, --verbose
-
print a message for each created directory
- -Z
-
set SELinux security context of each created directory to the default type
- --context[=CTX]
-
like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX
- --help
-
display this help and exit
- --version
-
output version information and exit
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
mkdir(2) Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkdir invocation'
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.