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Manual Reference Pages  - MKDIR (1)

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mkdir - make directories

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mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY...

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

-Z, --context=CONTEXT (SELinux) set security context to CONTEXT
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-m, --mode=MODE
	set permission mode (as in chmod), not rwxrwxrwx - umask
-p, --parents
	no error if existing, make parent directories as needed
-v, --verbose
	print a message for each created directory
--help	display this help and exit
--version
	output version information and exit

Written by David MacKenzie.

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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

should give you access to the complete manual.

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