Answer: What does the mkdir -p mean in a script file?

answer re: What does the mkdir -p mean in a script file?

Nov 20 '13

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-p is short for --parents - it creates the entire directory tree up to the given directory.

E.g., suppose there are no directories in your current directory. If you execute:

mkdir a/b/c

It will fail, since you do not have an a subdirectory.

On the other hand

mkdir -p a/b/c

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