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.TH MKDIR "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
mkdir \- make directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkdir
[\fIOPTION\fR] \fIDIRECTORY\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR=\fIMODE\fR
set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx \- umask
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-parents\fR
no error if existing, make parent directories as needed
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
print a message for each created directory
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
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.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mkdir(2)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B mkdir
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B mkdir
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info mkdir
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.