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MKDIR

NAME
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DESCRIPTION
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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, 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

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO

mkdir (2)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkdir invocation'

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