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.TH MKDIR 1
.SH NAME
mkdir \- make a directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkdir
[
.B -p
]
[
.I dirname ...
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Mkdir
creates the specified directories. It requires write permission in the parent directory.
.PP
The
.B -p
option causes
.I mkdir
to create the whole path
.IR dirname ,
including any missing parent directories; it also will not
complain if
.I dirname
already exists and is a directory.
.PP
The new directories are created with permissions starting with
.B 8r777
but masked with the permissions of the parent directory according to the
procedure followed by
.IR sys-open (2).
For example, if the parent directory lacks write permission for group
and has no permissions for others,
so will the newly created directory.
.SH SOURCE
.B /appl/cmd/mkdir.b
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR chmod (1),
.IR cd (1),
.IR rm (1),
.IR sys-open (2)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
If any directory cannot be created successfully,
.I mkdir
prints a warning, and continues with any remaining directories,
but returns
.B
\&"error"
exit status at the end.