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@(#)mkdir.2 6.4 (Berkeley) 8/26/85
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> int mkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode)
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.
The low-order 9 bits of mode are modified by the process's file mode creation mask: all bits set in the process's file mode creation mask are cleared. See umask (2).
15 [ENOTDIR] A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
15 [ENAMETOOLONG] The path name exceeds PATH_MAX characters.
15 [ENOENT] A component of the path prefix does not exist.
15 [EACCES] Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
15 [ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname. (Minix-vmd)
15 [EROFS] The named file resides on a read-only file system.
15 [EEXIST] The named file exists.
15 [ENOSPC] The directory in which the entry for the new directory is being placed cannot be extended because there is no space left on the file system containing the directory.
15 [ENOSPC] The new directory cannot be created because there there is no space left on the file system that will contain the directory.
15 [ENOSPC] There are no free inodes on the file system on which the directory is being created.
15 [EDQUOT] The directory in which the entry for the new directory is being placed cannot be extended because the user's quota of disk blocks on the file system containing the directory has been exhausted.
15 [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.
15 [EDQUOT] The user's quota of inodes on the file system on which the directory is being created has been exhausted. ..
15 [EIO] An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry or allocating the inode.
15 [EIO] An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
15 [EFAULT] Path points outside the process's allocated address space.