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name="NAME"
>NAME</a></h1>
<p><b>mkdir</b> -- create directories</p>
<h1><a class='u' href='#___top' title='click to go to top of document'
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>SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
<p><b>mkdir</b> [<b>-p</b>] [<b>-m</b> <i>mode</i>] <i>directory</i> [<i>directories</i> ...]</p>
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>DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p><b>mkdir</b> creates directories,
giving it permission <b>0777</b>,
as modified by the current <i>umask</i>.
Directories created in the order they are given.</p>
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name="OPTIONS"
>OPTIONS</a></h2>
<p><b>mkdir</b> accepts the options described below.</p>
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<dt><a name="-p"
><b>-p</b></a></dt><p class="pad"></p>
<dd>Create any required intermediate directories.
Such directories will be created with permission <b>0777</b>,
as modified by the current <i>umask</i>.
In addition,
the <i>write</i> and <i>execute</i> bits for the <i>owner</i> of the directory will be set.
If the <b>-p</b> option is given,
existing directories will not trigger an error.</dd><p class="pad"></p>
<dt><a name="-m_mode"
><b>-m</b> <i>mode</i></a></dt><p class="pad"></p>
<dd>Create the directory with permissions as indicated by <i>mode</i>.
<i>mode</i> can be of any form accepted by <i>chmod(1)</i>.
Symbolic <i>mode</i>s are relative to an initial mode of <i>a=rwx</i>.</dd><p class="pad"></p>
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>ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
<p>The working of <b>mkdir</b> is not influenced by any environment variables.</p>
<h1><a class='u' href='#___top' title='click to go to top of document'
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>BUGS</a></h1>
<p><i>mkdir</i> does not have any known bugs.</p>
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name="STANDARDS"
>STANDARDS</a></h1>
<p>This implementation of <i>mkdir</i> is compatible with the <b>OpenBSD</b> implementation,
and is expected to be compatible with the <b>IEEE Std1003.2</b> aka <b>POSIX.2</b> implementation.</p>
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>REVISION HISTORY</a></h1>
<pre lang='und' xml:lang='und'> $Log: mkdir.abigail.html,v $
<pre lang='und' xml:lang='und'> Revision 1.3 2004/08/05 14:20:34 cwest
<pre lang='und' xml:lang='und'> cleanup, new version number on website
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Revision 1.1 2004/07/23 20:10:12 cwest
initial import
Revision 1.3 1999/03/09 02:53:25 abigail
Removed the comparison of $dir to '.' and '/', as that's non-portable.
All we need to do is checking for a fixed point.
Revision 1.2 1999/03/09 02:44:57 abigail
Fixed SybolicMode -> SymbolicMode typo.
Revision 1.1 1999/03/09 02:27:17 abigail
Initial revision</pre>
<h1><a class='u' href='#___top' title='click to go to top of document'
name="AUTHOR"
>AUTHOR</a></h1>
<p>The Perl implementation of <b>mkdir</b> was written by Abigail, <i>abigail@fnx.com</i>.</p>
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name="COPYRIGHT_and_LICENSE"
>COPYRIGHT and LICENSE</a></h1>
<p>This program is copyright by Abigail 1999.</p>
<p>This program is free and open software. You may use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this program (and any modified variants) in any way you wish, provided you do not restrict others from doing the same.</p>
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>POD ERRORS</a></h1>
<p>Hey! <b>The above document had some coding errors, which are explained below:</b></p>
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<dd>You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'</dd><p class="pad"></p>
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