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Glossary Term

mkdir()

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mkdir() — Makes directory.

mkdir() — Attempts to create the directory specified by directory.

Inputs: permissions: The permissions are 0777 by default, which means the widest possible access. For more information on permissions, read the details on the chmod page. Note that you probably want to specify the permissions as an octal number, which means it should have a leading zero. The permissions is also modified by the current umask, which you can change using umask. recursive: If true, then any parent directories to the directory specified will also be created, with the same permissions.

Returns: Returns true on success or false on failure.

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