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Diffstat (limited to 'bin/mkdir/mkdir.1')
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1 b/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1 index 99d9b0383c0..e5ac9b6798c 100644 --- a/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1 +++ b/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mkdir.1,v 1.9 1999/08/17 14:04:00 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mkdir.1,v 1.10 1999/09/23 19:52:48 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: mkdir.1,v 1.9 1995/07/25 19:37:13 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 @@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ the specified 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 + +If a symbolic mode is specified, the operators +.Ql + and -.Dq - +.Ql - are interpreted relative to an initial mode of .Dq a=rwx . .It Fl p @@ -88,6 +88,23 @@ The user must have write permission in the parent directory. The .Nm utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Create a directory named +.Pa foobar : +.Pp +.D1 Ic mkdir foobar +.Pp +Create a directory named +.Pa foobar +and make it mode 700: +.Pp +.D1 Ic mkdir -m 700 myjunk +.Pp +Make a directory named +.Pa cow/horse/monkey , +creating any non-existent intermediate directories as necessary: +.Pp +.D1 Ic mkdir -p cow/horse/monkey .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chmod 1 , .Xr rmdir 1 , |