UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Is is possible to create the directories in following manner.
for example my home dir is empty
and i want to create dir a/b/c
mkdir a/b/c # where a/b does not exists.

Code:

mkdir -vp a/b/c
mkdir: created directory 'a'
mkdir: created directory 'a/b'
mkdir: created directory 'a/b/c'

thanks for your quick reply
I have one more question, is it possible to delete the same path of dirs if all the dirs are not empty ?

Code:

rm -rvf a
removed 'a/file1'
removed 'a/b/file2'
removed 'a/b/c/file3'
removed directory: 'a/b/c'
removed directory: 'a/b'
removed directory: 'a'

You should consider also using the -m flag to set permissions of each directory you create.



Robin

The OP should also consider reading manual pages before asking for help. Both of these questions are fundamental and both are answered in their respective manuals.

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And if after a few dead ends the answer is not found, there are experts here happy to help.

Regards,
Alister