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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to create directories Post 66976 by abishekmag on Saturday 19th of March 2005 08:18:02 AM
Old 03-19-2005
Question How to create directories

Hi...

Can any1 help me by telling me the way to create multiple directories using single command....

to create 1 directory.. mkdir is used.... Smilie
but how to create multiple direcs. like 4 direc.

i tried ....

$ mkdir a; mkdir b; mkdir c; mkdir d
But its 4 commands in a single line....so i m not statisfied with this ans...
So please suggest me another better & correct way for the above mentioned prob...(not using script..)

.............
Thank you in advance ....

regards,
Abishek

PS: This ques was asked by the external examiner during my Unix viva & i wasn't able to ans ..

i m not sure in which section to put this ques.. so i choose Dummies section...
 

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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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