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# mkdir - Unix, Linux Command

# 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.

Tag | Description
--- | ---
-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
-Z, --context=CONTEXT (SELinux) set security context to CONTEXT
--help | display this help and exit
--version
| output version information and exit

# AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

# REPORTING BUGS

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

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

# SEE ALSO

mkdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mkdir programs are properly installed at your site, the command

Tag | Description
--- | ---
| info mkdir

should give you access to the complete manual.

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