mkdir

Create one or more directories . You must have write permission in the parent directory in order to create a directory. See also rmdir .

Options

-m mode

Set the access mode for new directories.

-p

Create intervening parent directories if they don't exist.

Examples

Create a read/execute-only directory named personal :

mkdir -m 555 personal

The following sequence:

mkdir work; cd work


mkdir junk; cd junk


mkdir questions; cd ../..

could be accomplished by typing this:

mkdir -p work/junk/questions