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33 .\" @(#)mkdir.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/25/94
45 .Ar directory_name ...
48 creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified,
50 .Li rwxrwxrwx (\&0777)
51 as modified by the current
54 The options are as follows:
56 .Bl -tag -width indent
58 Set the file permission bits of the final created directory to
60 The mode argument can be in any of the formats specified to the
63 If a symbolic mode is specified, the operation characters
67 are interpreted relative to an initial mode of
70 Create intermediate directories as required.
71 If this option is not specified, the full path prefix of each
72 operand must already exist.
73 Intermediate directories are created with permission bits of
74 .Li rwxrwxrwx (\&0777)
75 as modified by the current umask, plus write and search
76 permission for the owner.
77 Do not consider it an error if the argument directory already exists.
80 The user must have write permission in the parent directory.
83 exits 0 if successful, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurred.
92 utility is expected to be