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.TH MKDIR "1" "September 2011" "GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb" "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\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-context\fR=\fICTX\fR
set the SELinux security context of each created
directory to CTX
.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 mkdir bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report mkdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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 coreutils \(aqmkdir invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.