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Create a new directory (create/calendar or mkdir)

The CREATE command will add a new directory to the database.

Windows/OpenVMS Format:

create/directory directory_name [/qualifiers]

UNIX/Linux Format:

mkdir directory_name [-qualifiers]

Qualifier Summary

General Qualifiers:

/acl or -acl= (ace,ace...)

/owner or -owner = uic

/protection or -protection = (s:rwedc,o:rwedc,g:rwedc,w:rwedc)

/[no]log or -[no]log

/[no]confirm or -[no]confirm

/node or -node = target_node

Examples

Windows:

Schedule> create/directory \jjones\rno\ /protection=g:rwed/log 
 Created \jjones\rno\

OpenVMS:

Schedule> create/directory [jjones]rno /protection=g:rwed/log 
 Created [jjones]rno

UNIX/Linux:

Schedule> mkdir /jjones/rno/ -protection=g:rw -log 
 Created /jjones/rno/

Qualifiers


/[no]confirm or -[no]confirm

CONFIRM requests that the user be prompted prior to any operation to verify that the selected job is the correct one.

/hostname or -node =hostname

The qualifier specifies what node (either local or remote) you want the operation performed on.

/[no]log or -[no]log

The LOG qualifier causes each completed operation to issue a note to the user.

/owner or -owner=uic

The OWNER qualifier specifies the owner UID/GID code for the directory.

/protection or -protection=(s:rwedc,o:rwedc,g:rwedc, w:rwedc)

The PROTECTION qualifier specifies the UIC based access rights for the file.

See Also

DIRECTORY commands

Delete a directory (delete/directory or rmdir)

Display directories (directory/directory or lsdir)

Modify a directory's properties (modify/directory or chdir)

Rename a directory (rename/directory or mvdir)