mkdir (1)
Quick Reference
Creates a directory.
- Create a directory:
mkdir {{directory_name}}
- Recursively create a nested directory tree:
mkdir {{path/to/sub_directory_name}}
NAME
mkdir - make directoriesSYNOPSIS
mkdir [ OPTION]... DIRECTORY...DESCRIPTION
Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.- -m, --mode=MODE
- set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx - umask
- -p, --parents
- no error if existing, make parent directories as needed
- -v, --verbose
- print a message for each created directory
- -Z
- set SELinux security context of each created directory to the default type
- --context[=CTX]
- like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit