Editing Mkdir (section)

{{Short description|Directory creation command on various operating systems}}
{{Lowercase|title=mkdir}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = mkdir
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = Mkdir terminal.png
| screenshot size        = 
| caption                = The {{code|mkdir}} command
| developer              = Various [[open-source software|open-source]] and [[commercial software|commercial]] developers
| released               = 
| latest release version = 
| latest release date    = 
| programming language   = python3
| operating system       = [[Unix]], [[Unix-like]], [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs|Plan 9]], [[Inferno (operating system)|Inferno]], [[DOS]], [[MSX-DOS]], [[FlexOS]], [[OS/2]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[ReactOS]], [[KolibriOS]]
| platform               = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre                  = [[Command (computing)|Command]]
| license                = [[GNU]] [[coreutils]]: [[GPLv3+]]<br />[[MS-DOS]], Plan 9: [[MIT License|MIT]]<br />[[FreeDOS]]: [[GPLv2+]]<br />[[ReactOS]]: [[GPLv2]]
}}
('''m'''a'''k'''e '''dir'''ectory) [[command (computing)|command]] in the [[Unix]], [[DOS]], [[Digital Research|DR]] [[FlexOS]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/flexos/1073-2003_FlexOS_Users_Guide_V1.3_Nov86.pdf |title=Users guide |publisher=bitsavers.org |access-date=2019-10-22 |archive-date=2019-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925131719/http://bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/flexos/1073-2003_FlexOS_Users_Guide_V1.3_Nov86.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[IBM]] [[OS/2]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php#MD|title=JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands|website=www.jatomes.com}}</ref> [[Microsoft Windows]], and [[ReactOS]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/reactos/reactos|title=GitHub - reactos/reactos: A free Windows-compatible Operating System|date=October 22, 2019|via=GitHub}}</ref> [[operating system]]s is used to make a new [[directory (file systems)|directory]]. It is also available in the [[Unified Extensible Firmware Interface|EFI shell]]<ref name="EFI-Shells-and-Scripting">{{cite web
 | url = http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/efi-shells-and-scripting/
 | title = EFI Shells and Scripting
 | publisher = [[Intel]]
 | access-date = 2013-09-25
}}</ref> and in the [[PHP]] [[scripting language]]. In DOS, OS/2, Windows and ReactOS, the command is often abbreviated to <code>'''md'''</code>.

The command is analogous to the [[Stratus Technologies|Stratus]] [[Stratus VOS|OpenVOS]] <code>create_dir</code> command.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stratadoc.stratus.com/vos/19.1.0/r098-19/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/r098-19.pdf |title=Reference manual |publisher=stratadoc.stratus.com |access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref> [[MetaComCo]] [[TRIPOS]] and [[AmigaDOS]] provide a similar <code>MakeDir</code> command to create new directories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pagetable.com/docs/amigados_tripos/tripos_manuals.pdf |title=Introduction to Tripos |access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/1988-rugheimer-spanik-amigados-quick-reference|title=AmigaDOS quick reference|first1=Hannes|last1=Rügheimer|first2=Christian|last2=Spanik|date=October 22, 1988|publisher=Grand Rapids, Mi : Abacus|isbn=9781557550491|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> The [[numerical analysis|numerical computing]] environments [[MATLAB]] and [[GNU Octave]] include an <code>mkdir</code> 
function with similar functionality.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/mkdir.html|title=Make new folder - MATLAB mkdir|website=www.mathworks.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://octave.sourceforge.io/octave/function/mkdir.html|title=Function Reference: mkdir|website=octave.sourceforge.io}}</ref>