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34 .\" @(#)mkdir.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/25/94
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50 utility creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified,
52 .Li rwxrwxrwx (\&0777)
53 as modified by the current
56 The options are as follows:
59 Set the file permission bits of the newly created directory to
61 The mode argument can be in any of the formats specified to the
64 If a symbolic mode is specified, the operators
68 are interpreted relative to an initial mode of
71 Create intermediate directories as required.
72 If this option is not specified, the full path prefix of each
73 operand must already exist.
74 Intermediate directories are created with permission bits of
75 .Li rwxrwxrwx (\&0777)
76 as modified by the current umask, plus write and search
77 permission for the owner.
78 Do not consider it an error if the
79 argument directory already exists.
82 The user must have write permission in the parent directory.
83 For an explanation of the directory hierarchy,
89 Create a directory named
94 Create a directory named
96 and set its file mode to 700:
98 .Dl $ mkdir -m 700 foobar
100 Create a directory named
101 .Pa cow/horse/monkey ,
102 creating any non-existent intermediate directories as necessary:
104 .Dl $ mkdir -p cow/horse/monkey
114 utility is compliant with the