NAME¶

e2mkdir - creates a directory on an ext2 filesystem

SYNOPSIS¶

e2mkdir [options] directory...

DESCRIPTION¶

The e2mkdir command creates directories on an ext2 filesystem. It behaves similar to `mkdir -p'.

OPTIONS¶

-G gid

Set the default group to gid.

-O uid

Set the default file owner to uid.

-P mode

Set the file permissions (ie 755, 666).

-v

Be verbose.

EXAMPLES¶

This creates the directory `/boot/grub` with on `boot.img` with the current user and group ids:

e2mkdir boot.img:/boot/grub

To override the default ownership and permissions:

e2mkdir -O 100 -P 700 /dev/hdb1:/data/backup

SEE ALSO¶

e2tools(7), e2ln(1), e2ls(1), e2mv(1), e2cp(1), e2rm(1), e2tail(1).

AUTHOR¶

The e2tools were written by Keith Sheffield <sheff@pobox.com>.

This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <lwall@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).