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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
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+.\" $NetBSD: mkdir.1,v 1.9 1995/07/25 19:37:13 jtc Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
+.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)mkdir.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/25/94
+.\"
+.Dd January 25, 1994
+.Dt MKDIR 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm mkdir
+.Nd make directories
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm mkdir
+.Op Fl p
+.Op Fl m Ar mode
+.Ar directory_name ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Mkdir
+creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified,
+using mode
+.Li rwxrwxrwx (\&0777)
+as modified by the current
+.Xr umask 2 .
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl m
+Set the file permission bits of the final created directory to
+the specified mode.
+The mode argument can be in any of the formats specified to the
+.Xr chmod 1
+utility.
+If a symbolic mode is specified, the operation characters
+.Dq +
+and
+.Dq -
+are interpreted relative to an initial mode of
+.Dq a=rwx .
+.It Fl p
+Create intermediate directories as required.
+If this option is not specified, the full path prefix of each
+operand must already exist.
+Intermediate directories are created with permission bits of
+.Li rwxrwxrwx (\&0777)
+as modified by the current umask, plus write and search
+permission for the owner. Do not consider it an error if the
+argument directory already exists.
+.El
+.Pp
+The user must have write permission in the parent directory.
+.Pp
+.Nm Mkdir
+exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr chmod 1 ,
+.Xr rmdir 1 ,
+.Xr umask 2
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm mkdir
+utility is expected to be
+.St -p1003.2
+compatible.