mkdir

The mkdir (make directory) command in the Unix, DOS, DR FlexOS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows, and ReactOS operating systems is used to make a new directory. It is also available in the EFI shell and in the PHP scripting language. In DOS, OS/2, Windows and ReactOS, the command is often abbreviated to md.

mkdir
Developer(s)Various open-source and commercial developers
Written inMS-DOS: x86 assembly language
Plan 9, ReactOS: C
TRIPOS: BCPL
Operating systemUnix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno, DOS, MSX-DOS, FlexOS, OS/2, Windows, ReactOS, KolibriOS
PlatformCross-platform
TypeCommand
LicenseGNU coreutils: GPLv3+
MS-DOS, Plan 9: MIT
FreeDOS: GPLv2+
ReactOS: GPLv2

The command is analogous to the Stratus OpenVOS create_dir command. MetaComCo TRIPOS and AmigaDOS provide a similar MakeDir command to create new directories. The numerical computing environments MATLAB and GNU Octave include an mkdir function with similar functionality.

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