mkdir.2freebsd

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Version: 266096 (debian - 07/07/09)

Section: 2 (Appels système)


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NAME

mkdir - make a directory file

LIBRARY

Lb libc

SYNOPSIS

In sys/stat.h Ft int Fn mkdir const char *path mode_t mode

DESCRIPTION

The directory Fa path is created with the access permissions specified by Fa mode and restricted by the umask(2) of the calling process.

The directory's owner ID is set to the process's effective user ID. The directory's group ID is set to that of the parent directory in which it is created.

RETURN VALUES

Rv -std mkdir

ERRORS

The Fn mkdir system call will fail and no directory will be created if:
Bq Er ENOTDIR
A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
Bq Er ENOENT
A component of the path prefix does not exist.
Bq Er EACCES
Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix, or write permission is denied on the parent directory of the directory to be created.
Bq Er ELOOP
Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
Bq Er EPERM
The parent directory of the directory to be created has its immutable flag set, see the chflags(2) manual page for more information.
Bq Er EROFS
The named directory would reside on a read-only file system.
Bq Er EMLINK
The new directory cannot be created because the parent directory contains too many subdirectories.
Bq Er EEXIST
The named file exists.
Bq Er ENOSPC
The new directory cannot be created because there is no space left on the file system that will contain the directory.
Bq Er ENOSPC
There are no free inodes on the file system on which the directory is being created.
Bq Er EDQUOT
The new directory cannot be created because the user's quota of disk blocks on the file system that will contain the directory has been exhausted.
Bq Er EDQUOT
The user's quota of inodes on the file system on which the directory is being created has been exhausted.
Bq Er EIO
An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry or allocating the inode.
Bq Er EIO
An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
Bq Er EFAULT
The Fa path argument points outside the process's allocated address space.

SEE ALSO

chflags(2), chmod(2), stat(2), umask(2)

STANDARDS

The Fn mkdir system call is expected to conform to St -p1003.1-90 .