mkdir command is used to create new folders and directories. mkdir have very little options but because of the mkdir command importance, we will examine these options.

Linux Options

There are more Linux options than Windows operating systems option. We will look these Linux options below.

Help Option

We can print help information about the mkdir command options. We will use --help  in order to print help information about options.

$ mkdir --help

Set Folders and Directories Mode

We can use -m or --mode option in order to set permissions about folders and directories which will be created with the mkdir command. In this example, we will set rwx.

$ mkdir -m a=rwx test

Parent Option

While creating folders and directories in a recursive fashion, if the parent is not currently existed we will get an error like cannot create directory ‘ismaail/baydan/backup’: No such file or directory. Because there is o directory like ismail and baydan . We can create with a single command multiple child and parent directories by using -p option. In this example, ismail and baydan will be created automatically and then backup directory will be created without a problem.

$ mkdir -p ismail/baydan/backup

Verbose Option

During folder and directory creation there will be no information about process except errors. We can print operations about folder and directory creation with the -v option like below.

$ mkdir -p ismail/baydan/backup

SELinux Option

SELinux is a security mechanism used to protect files and folders access via processes. We can set SELinux context by using --context option.

Windows Options

Windows operating system provides less option than Linux counterpart. We can only print usage information with the help information.

Help Option

We can print help information with the /? option like below.

> mkdir /?