MKDIR(1)                     BSD Reference Manual                     MKDIR(1)

NAME
     mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
     mkdir [-p] directory_name ...

DESCRIPTION
     Mkdir creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified,
     using mode 0777 modified by the current umask(2).

     The options are as follows:

     -p      Create intermediate directories as required.  If this option is
             not specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already
             exist.

     The user must have write permission in the parent directory.

     Mkdir exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO
     rmdir(1)

STANDARDS
     Mkdir is POSIX 1003.2 compliant.  This manual page is derived from the
     POSIX 1003.2 manual page.

BSDI BSD/386                    March 26, 1993                               1