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MKDIR(1)		     BSD Reference Manual		      MKDIR(1)

NAME
     mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
     mkdir [-p] [-m mode] directory_name ...

DESCRIPTION
     Mkdir creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified,
     using mode a=rwx (0777) as modified by the current file mode creation
     mask (umask(2)).

     The options are as follows:

     -m	     Set the mode bits of the final created directory to the specified
	     mode. The file mode creation mask applies to the mode.  The mode
	     argument can be in any of the formats specified to the chmod(1)
	     command.  If a symbolic mode is specified, the operation charac-
	     ters ``+'' and ``-'' are interpreted relative to an initial mode
	     of ``a=rwx''.

     -p	     Create intermediate directories as required.  If this option is
	     not specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already
	     exist.  Intermediate directories are created with permission bits
	     of a=rwx (0777) as modified by the current file mode creation
	     mask, plus write and search permission for the owner.

     The user must have write permission in the parent directory.

     Mkdir exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO
     rmdir(1),	umask(1)

STANDARDS
     The mkdir utility is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX'') compati-
     ble.

BUGS
     You can't set the sticky, setuid or setgid bits on a directory using
     mkdir. This behavior may change in future releases.

BSDI BSD/OS		       December 3, 1996				     1

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