NAME
mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

DESCRIPTION
Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.

-m, --mode=MODE
set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx - umask

-p, --parents
no error if existing, make parent directories as needed

-v, --verbose
print a message for each created directory

-Z, --context=CTX
set the SELinux security context of each created directory to
CTX

--help display this help and exit

--version
output version information and exit

AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
Report mkdir bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report mkdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright ? 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
mkdir(2)

The full documentation for mkdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and mkdir programs are properly installed at your site, the
command

info coreutils ‘mkdir invocation‘

should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.4 November 2013 MKDIR(1)