MKDIR(1)			 User Commands			      MKDIR(1)



NAME
       mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
       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, --context=CTX
	      set the SELinux security context of each	created  directory  to
	      CTX

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This is free software: you are free  to	change	and  redistribute  it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       mkdir(2)

       The full documentation for mkdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and mkdir programs are properly installed at  your  site,  the
       command

	      info coreutils 'mkdir invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 6.10		  April 2008			      MKDIR(1)