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diff --git a/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1 b/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ca4d6251638b --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)mkdir.1 6.9 (Berkeley) 6/27/91 +.\" +.\" $Header: /a/cvs/386BSD/src/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1,v 1.2 1993/07/21 22:54:08 conklin Exp $ +.\" +.Dd June 27, 1991 +.Dt MKDIR 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mkdir +.Nd make directories +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm mkdir +.Op Fl m Ar mode +.Op Fl p +.Ar directory_name ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Mkdir +creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified. +The default mode of created directories is +.Li \&0777 +modified by the current +.Xr umask 2 . +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl m Ar mode +Set the file permission bits of newly-created directories to +.Ar mode . +The +.Ar mode +is specified as in +.Xr chmod 1 . +In symbolic mode strings, the +.Dq + +and +.Dq - +operators are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of +.Dq a=rwx . +.It Fl p +Create intermediate directories as required. If this option is not +specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already exist. +.El +.Pp +The user must have write permission in the parent directory. +.Pp +.Nm Mkdir +exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr chmod 1 , +.Xr rmdir 1 , +.Xr umask 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +.Nm Mkdir +is expected to be +.St -p1003.2 +compatible. |