1MKDIR(1) User Commands MKDIR(1)
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6 mkdir - make directories
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9 mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...
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12 Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.
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17 -m, --mode=MODE
18 set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx - umask
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21 no error if existing, make parent directories as needed, with
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27 -Z set SELinux security context of each created directory to the
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34 --help display this help and exit
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40 Written by David MacKenzie.
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43 GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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47 Copyright © 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
48 GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
49 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
50 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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53 mkdir(2)
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55 Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir>
56 or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkdir invocation'
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60GNU coreutils 9.0 March 2022 MKDIR(1)