bsd man page for mkdir

MKDIR(1)						      General Commands Manual							  MKDIR(1)

NAME
       mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
       mkdir [ -p directory_name ... ]

DESCRIPTION
       Mkdir creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified, using mode 0777 modified by the current umask(2).

       The options are as follows:

       -p     Create  intermediate  directories  as  required.	If this option is not specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already
	      exist.

       The user must have write permission in the parent directory.

       Mkdir exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO
       rmdir(1)

STANDARDS
       Mkdir is POSIX 1003.2 compliant.  This manual page is derived from the POSIX 1003.2 manual page.

3rd Berkeley Distribution					  August 16, 1993							  MKDIR(1)