.TH E2MKDIR 1 "2020\-02\-05" "Linux" "User commands"
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.SH NAME
e2mkdir \- creates a directory on an ext2 filesystem
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B e2mkdir
.RI [ options ] " directory..."
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBe2mkdir\fP command creates directories on an ext2 filesystem. It
behaves similar to `mkdir -p'.
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.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-G \fIgid\fP
Set the default group to gid.
.TP
.B \-O \fIuid\fP
Set the default file owner to uid.
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.B \-P \fImode\fP
Set the file permissions (ie 755, 666).
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.B \-v
Be verbose.
.SS Note
This program expects to have a full ext2 file specification for each
argument.
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.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
This creates the directory `/boot/grub` with on `boot.img` with the current
user and group ids:

    e2mkdir boot.img:/boot/grub
.PP
To override the default ownership and permissions:

    e2mkdir \-O 100 \-P 700 /dev/hdb1:/data/backup
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR e2tools (7),
.BR e2ln (1),
.BR e2ls (1),
.BR e2mv (1),
.BR e2cp (1),
.BR e2rm (1),
.BR e2tail (1).
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.SH AUTHOR
The \fBe2tools\fP were written by Keith Sheffield <sheff@pobox.com>.
.PP
This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <lwall@debian.org>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).