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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MKDIR 2 "27 July 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: mkdir \- make a directory file
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .ft B
        !             8: mkdir(path, mode)
        !             9: char *path;
        !            10: int mode;
        !            11: .fi
        !            12: .ft R
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Mkdir
        !            15: creates a new directory file with name
        !            16: .IR path .
        !            17: The mode of the new file
        !            18: is initialized from
        !            19: .IR mode .
        !            20: (The protection part of the mode
        !            21: is modified by the process's mode mask; see
        !            22: .IR umask (2)).
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: The directory's owner ID is set to the process's effective user ID.
        !            25: The directory's group ID is set to that of the parent directory in
        !            26: which it is created.
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: The low-order 9 bits of mode are modified by the process's
        !            29: file mode creation mask: all bits set in the process's file mode
        !            30: creation mask are cleared.  See
        !            31: .IR umask (2).
        !            32: .SH "RETURN VALUE
        !            33: A 0 return value indicates success.  A \-1 return value
        !            34: indicates an error, and an error code is stored in
        !            35: .I errno.
        !            36: .SH "ERRORS
        !            37: .I Mkdir
        !            38: will fail and no directory will be created if:
        !            39: .TP 15
        !            40: [EPERM]
        !            41: The process's effective user ID is not super-user.
        !            42: .TP 15
        !            43: [EPERM]
        !            44: The \fIpath\fP argument contains a byte with the high-order bit set.
        !            45: .TP 15
        !            46: [ENOTDIR]
        !            47: A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
        !            48: .TP 15
        !            49: [ENOENT]
        !            50: A component of the path prefix does not exist.
        !            51: .TP 15
        !            52: [EROFS]
        !            53: The named file resides on a read-only file system.
        !            54: .TP 15
        !            55: [EEXIST]
        !            56: The named file exists.
        !            57: .TP 15
        !            58: [EFAULT]
        !            59: .I Path
        !            60: points outside the process's allocated address space.
        !            61: .TP 15
        !            62: [ELOOP]
        !            63: Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
        !            64: .TP 15
        !            65: [EIO]
        !            66: An I/O error occured while writing to the file system.
        !            67: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            68: chmod(2), stat(2), umask(2)

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