linux man page for mkdir

MKDIR(1)							   User Commands							  MKDIR(1)

NAME
       mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
       mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

DESCRIPTION
       Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -m, --mode=MODE
	      set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx - umask

       -p, --parents
	      no error if existing, make parent directories as needed

       -v, --verbose
	      print a message for each created directory

       -Z, --context=CTX
	      set the SELinux security context of each created directory to CTX

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report mkdir bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report mkdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       mkdir(2)

       The  full  documentation  for mkdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and mkdir programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

	      info coreutils 'mkdir invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.5						   February 2011							  MKDIR(1)