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.help mkdir May85 system
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NAME
mkdir -- make a new directory
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USAGE
mkdir newdir
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PARAMETERS
.ls newdir
New directory or subdirectory to be made.
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DESCRIPTION
\fIMkdir\fR creates a new directory with the given name.
\fINewdir\fR may be an IRAF virtual directory name (not a logical name)
or a host directory name.
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EXAMPLES

1. Make a subdirectory named "sub1".

	cl> mkdir sub1

2. Make a subdirectory "sub2" below "sub1".  The subdirectory "sub1" must
already exist.

	cl> mkdir sub1/sub2

3. Make a directory "blue" at the same level in the directory hierarchy as
the current directory (".." is a synonym for the previous directory).

	cl> mkdir ../blue
.endhelp