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+.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
+.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
+.\"
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+.\" @(#)mkdir.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/25/94
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1,v 1.17 2002/06/30 06:50:16 tjr Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd January 25, 1994
+.Dt MKDIR 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm mkdir
+.Nd make directories
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl pv
+.Op Fl m Ar mode
+.Ar directory_name ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified,
+using mode
+.Li rwxrwxrwx (\&0777)
+as modified by the current
+.Xr umask 2 .
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl m Ar mode
+Set the file permission bits of the final created directory to
+the specified mode.
+The
+.Ar mode
+argument can be in any of the formats specified to the
+.Xr chmod 1
+command.
+If a symbolic mode is specified, the operation characters
+.Dq +
+and
+.Dq -
+are interpreted relative to an initial mode of
+.Dq a=rwx .
+.It Fl p
+Create intermediate directories as required.
+If this option is not specified, the full path prefix of each
+operand must already exist.
+On the other hand, with this option specified, no error will
+be reported if a directory given as an operand already exists.
+Intermediate directories are created with permission bits of
+.Li rwxrwxrwx (\&0777)
+as modified by the current umask, plus write and search
+permission for the owner.
+.It Fl v
+Be verbose when creating directories, listing them as they are created.
+.El
+.Pp
+The user must have write permission in the parent directory.
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+.Ex -std
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr rmdir 1
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+The
+.Fl v
+option is non-standard and its use in scripts is not recommended.
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm
+utility is expected to be
+.St -p1003.2
+compatible.
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.At v1 .