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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
commit | d6583bb2a13f329cf0332ef2570eb8bb8fc0e39c (patch) | |
tree | ece253b876159b39c620e62b6c9b1174642e070e /bin/mkdir/mkdir.1 |
initial import of NetBSD tree
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diff --git a/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1 b/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4f28e0b4da4 --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1 @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +.\" $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. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" 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. |