NAME
efi_mkdir — make an EFI directory
SYNOPSIS
efi_mkdir
[-d
devicefile]
[-p]
dirname
DESCRIPTION
efi_mkdir
makes an EFI directory.
The EFI file system is based on the FAT file system and used by the Itanium-based system BIOS to
locate an HP-UX bootloader.
See
efi(4).
efi_mkdir
creates directory
dirname
in the EFI volume specified by
devicefile.
If
dirname
already exists,
efi_mkdir
exits with a diagnostic message, and the directory is not changed. If
more than one subdirectory needs to be created to make
dirname,
efi_mkdir
exits with a diagnostic message and the directory is not changed,
unless the
-p
option is specified.
dirname
should be relative to
the root of the EFI volume specified by
devicefile,
not to an HP-UX file system.
Options
Options can be used singly or combined in any order before the file
names. The space between option and argument is optional.
- -d devicefile
devicefile
is the device special file of the EFI file system where the directory is to be made.
Without the
-d
option,
efi_mkdir
uses the device file specified in the environment variable
EFI_PARTITION
if it is defined.
The
-d
option overrides the
EFI_PARTITION
environment variable.
- -p
Create intermediate directories as necessary.
RETURN VALUE
efi_mkdir
returns exit code 0 if the directory is made successfully.
Otherwise it prints a diagnostic message and returns nonzero.
- 0
Successful completion.
- >0
Error condition occurred.
EXAMPLES
Create directory
hp-ux
in device file
/dev/rdsk/c1t4d0s1,
which contains an EFI file system:
efi_mkdir -d /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0s1 hp-ux
Create a directory
/abc/def/
in device file
/dev/rdsk/c1t4d0s1,
which contains an EFI file system, when
/abc
does not exist yet:
efi_mkdir -d /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0s1 -p /abc/def/
Create a directory
/abc/def/
in persistent device file
/dev/rdisk/disk7_p1
(see
intro(7)),
which contains an EFI file system, when
/abc
does not exist yet:
efi_mkdir -d /dev/rdisk/disk7_p1 -p /abc/def/
AUTHOR
efi_mkdir
was developed by HP.
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