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AUTHOR
Copyright " 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.
24 January 1989
mkdir—Make directories
SYNOPSIS
mkdir [_p] [_m mode] [--parents] [--mode=mode] [--help] [--version] dir...
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of mkdir. mkdir creates a directory with each given name. By default, the mode of created directories is 0777 minus the bits set in the umask.
OPTIONS
| _m, --mode mode | Set the mode of created directories to mode, which is symbolic as in chmod and uses the default mode as the point of departure. |
| _p, --parents | Ensure that each given directory exists. Create any missing parent directories for each argument. Parent directories default to the umask modified by u+wx. Do not consider an argument directory that already exists to be an error. |
| --help | Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully. |
| --version | Print version information on standard output then exit successfully. |
GNU File Utilities
mkdirhier—Make a directory hierarchy
SYNOPSIS
mkdirhier directory ...
DESCRIPTION
The mkdirhier command creates the specified directories. Unlike mkdir, if any of the parent directories of the specified directory do not exist, it creates them as well.
SEE ALSO
mkdir(1)
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mkfifo—Make FIFOs (named pipes)
SYNOPSIS
mkfifo [_m mode] [--mode=mode] [--help] [--version] filename...
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DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of mkfifo. mkfifo creates a FIFO with each given name. By default, the mode of created FIFOs is 0666 minus the bits set in the umask.
OPTIONS
| _m, --mode mode | Set the mode of created FIFOs to mode, which is symbolic as in chmod and uses the default mode as the point of departure. |
| --help | Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully. |
| --version | Print version information on standard output then exit successfully. |
GNU File Utilities
mkmanifest—Create a shell script to restore UNIX filenames
SYNOPSIS
mkmanifest [ FILES ]
DESCRIPTION
mkmanifest creates a shell script that will aid in the restoration of UNIX filenames that got clobbered by the MS-DOS filename restrictions. MS-DOS filenames are restricted to eight-character names, three-character extensions, uppercase only, no device names, and no illegal characters.
The mkmanifest program is compatible with the methods used in pcomm, arc, and mtools to change perfectly good UNIX filenames to fit the MS-DOS restrictions.
Example
Say you want to copy the following UNIX FILES to an MS-DOS disk (using the mcopy command):
very_long_name 2.many.dots illegal: good.c prn.dev Capital
mcopy will convert the names to
very_lon 2xmany.dot illegalx good.c xprn.dev capital
The command:
mkmanifest very_long_name 2.many.dots illegal: good.c prn.dev Capital > manifest
would produce the following:
mv very_lon very_long_name mv 2xmany.dot 2.many.dots mv illegalx illegal: mv xprn.dev prn.dev mv capital Capital
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Notice that good.c did not require any conversion, so it did not appear in the output.
Suppose I've copied these FILES from the disk to another UNIX system, and I now want the FILES back to their original names. If the file manifest (the output captured above) was sent along with those FILES, it could be used to convert the filenames.
BUGS
The short names generated by mkmanifest follow the old convention (from mtools-2.0.7) and not the one from Windows 95 and mtools-3.0.
SEE ALSO
arc(1), pcomm(1), mtools(1)
Local
mknod—Make special FILES
SYNOPSIS
mknod [OPTIONS] filename {bcu} major minor
mknod [OPTIONS] filename p
OPTIONS:
[_m mode] [--mode=mode] [--help] [--version]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of mknod. mknod creates a FIFO, character special file, or block special file with the given filename. By default, the mode of created FILES is 0666 minus the bits set in the umask.
The argument after filename specifies the type of file to make:
p for a FIFO
b for a block (buffered) special file
c or u for a character (unbuffered) special file
When making a block or character special file, the major and minor device numbers must be given after the file type.
OPTIONS
| _m, --mode mode | Set the mode of created FILES to mode, which is symbolic as in chmod and uses the default mode as the point of departure. |
| --help | Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully. |
| --version | Print version information on standard output then exit successfully. |
GNU File Utilities
mlabel—Make an MS-DOS volume label
SYNOPSIS
mlabel [ -v ] drive: [ new_label ]