NAME

     mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS

     mkdir [options] directory...

     POSIX options:  [-p] [-m mode]

     GNU options (shortest form):   [-p]  [-m  mode]  [--verbose]
     [--help] [--version] [--]

DESCRIPTION

     mkdir creates directories with the specified names.

     By  default,  the  mode  of  created  directories  is   0777
     (`a+rwx') minus the bits set in the umask.

OPTIONS

     -m mode, --mode=mode
          Set the mode of created directories to mode, which  may
          be  symbolic  as  in chmod(1) and then uses the default
          mode as the point of departure.

     -p, --parents
          Make any missing parent directories for each  directory
          argument.   The  mode  for parent directories is set to
          the  umask  modified  by  `u+wx'.    Ignore   arguments
          corresponding  to  existing  directories.   (Thus, if a
          directory /a exists, then `mkdir /a' is an  error,  but
          `mkdir -p /a' is not.)

     --verbose
          Print a message for each created  directory.   This  is
          most useful with --parents.

GNU STANDARD OPTIONS

     --help
          Print a usage message on standard output and exit  suc-
          cessfully.

     --version
          Print version information on standard output, then exit
          successfully.

     --   Terminate option list.

ENVIRONMENT

     The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE  and  LC_MESSAGES  have
     the usual meaning.

CONFORMING TO

     POSIX 1003.2

NOTES

     This page describes mkdir as  found  in  the  fileutils-3.16
     package;  other  versions  may differ slightly. Mail correc-
     tions and additions to aeb@cwi.nl  and  aw@mail1.bet1.puv.fi
     and  ragnar@lightside.ddns.org .  Report bugs in the program
     to fileutils-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu.