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| mkdir |
| Portability: | POSIX.1 conforming, UNIX compatible |
| SYNOPSIS | |
| DESCRIPTION | |
| RETURN VALUE | |
| EXAMPLE | |
| RELATED FUNCTIONS | |
| SEE ALSO |
| SYNOPSIS |
#include <sys/stat.h> int mkdir(char *pathname, mode_t mode);
| DESCRIPTION |
mkdir
creates a new USS directory and
pathname
is the directory name.
mode
is the set
of file permission bits for the new directory. The owner ID of
pathname
is set to the effective user ID of the process. The group
ID of
pathname
is set to the owning directory's
group ID.
The pathname must specify an USS HFS filename. For
programs not compiled with the
posix
option,
a style prefix may be required. For more information on specifying USS filenames,
see Low-level and Standard I/O.
| RETURN VALUE |
mkdir
returns 0 if it is successful and -1 if it is not successful; it does
not create a new directory.
| EXAMPLE |
The example for
rewinddir
also illustrates the use of
mkdir
.
| RELATED FUNCTIONS |
| SEE ALSO |
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