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General Commands Manual: mkdir

  (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/) ((http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/man1)) (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages.gz/trusty/man1/mkdir.1.gz) Provided by: (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+package/coreutils)

NAME

       mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS

       **mkdir** ... 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  directory  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 (<mailto:bug-coreutils@gnu.org>)
       GNU coreutils home page: <<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>>
       General help using GNU software: <<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>>
       Report mkdir translation bugs to <<http://translationproject.org/team/>>

       Copyright  ©  2013  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  redistribute  it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       (<http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/man2/mkdir.2.html>)(2)

       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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