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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Creating new directories Post 303013218 by Scott on Saturday 17th of February 2018 05:59:53 PM
Old 02-17-2018
I don't really follow you. Nothing will be lost with 'mkdir', despite your earlier assertion that "I think that `mkdir -p` overwrites the directories. I want to avoid that". mkdir doesn't do anything except make directiories. It doesn't delete anything.

It's a Unix thing - 'do one thing, and do it well' Smilie
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MKDIR(3)								 1								  MKDIR(3)

mkdir - Makes directory

SYNOPSIS
bool mkdir (string $pathname, [int $mode = 0777], [bool $recursive = false], [resource $context]) DESCRIPTION
Attempts to create the directory specified by pathname. PARAMETERS
o $pathname - The directory path. o $mode - The mode is 0777 by default, which means the widest possible access. For more information on modes, read the details on the chmod(3) page. Note $mode is ignored on Windows. Note that you probably want to specify the mode as an octal number, which means it should have a leading zero. The mode is also modified by the current umask, which you can change using umask(3). o $recursive - Allows the creation of nested directories specified in the $pathname. o $context - Note Context support was added with PHP 5.0.0. For a description of contexts, refer to "Streams". RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. EXAMPLES
Example #1 mkdir(3) example <?php mkdir("/path/to/my/dir", 0700); ?> Example #2 mkdir(3) using the $recursive parameter <?php // Desired folder structure $structure = './depth1/depth2/depth3/'; // To create the nested structure, the $recursive parameter // to mkdir() must be specified. if (!mkdir($structure, 0777, true)) { die('Failed to create folders...'); } // ... ?> ERRORS
/EXCEPTIONS Emits an E_WARNING level error if the directory already exists. Emits an E_WARNING level error if the relevant permissions prevent creating the directory. NOTES
Note When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the directory in which the script is operating has the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed. SEE ALSO
is_dir(3), rmdir(3). PHP Documentation Group MKDIR(3)
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