Create a New Directory
mkdirThe touch command creates empty files, but how do you bring a new folder into existence? With the mkdir command, that's how. $ ls -l drwxr-xr-x 848 2005-10-19 11:36 src drwxr-xr-x 632 2005-10-18 12:25 videos $ mkdir test $ ls -l drwxr-xr-x 848 2005-10-19 11:36 src drwxr-xr-x 48 2005-10-19 23:50 test drwxr-xr-x 632 2005-10-18 12:25 videos Note On most systems, new directories created by mkdir give the owner read, write, and execute permissions, while giving groups and the world read and execute permissions. Want to change those? Look in Chapter 7 at the chmod command. It should make you happy to know that your shell takes care of you: Attempts to create a directory that already exists fail and result in a warning message. $ mkdir test mkdir: cannot create directory 'test' : File exists |
