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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,  with
	      their file modes unaffected by any -m option

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

       -Z     set  SELinux  security  context of each created directory	to the
	      default type

       --context[=CTX]
	      like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the  SELinux  or	 SMACK
	      security context to CTX

       --help display this help	and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David	MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C) 2025 Free	Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or	later <https://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)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkdir invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.6		 January 2025			      MKDIR(1)

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