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Using
Files
and
Directories
with
Command
Lines
The follo
wing
giv
es
y
ou
some
basic
information
on
using
the
HP-UX
directory
system.
If
y
ou
need
more
information
on
using
les,
directories, and
command
lines,
see Using
HP-UX .
Creating
Directories
The
mkdir
(mak
e
directory)
command
creates
a
new
directory
.
After
y
ou
create
a
directory
,
y
ou
can
mo
v
e
les
into
it, and
y
ou
can
ev
en
create
more
directories
underneath
it.
F
or
example,
to
create a
sub-directory
in
y
our
current
working
directory named
projects
,
t
yp
e:
$ mkdir
projects
To
v
erify
that
it
w
ork
ed,
y
ou
can
use
either
the
ls
or
lsf
command.
Both
commands
displa
y
the
new
directory,
but lsf
app
ends
a
slash
(
/
)
to
the
end
of
directory
names
to
dieren
tiate
them
from
le
names.
F
or
example:
$
ls
List
les,
dir
e
ctories
in
your
curr
ent
working
dire
ctory.
myfile
projects It
worke
d!
$ lsf
myfile
projects/
The
lsf
c
ommand
app
ends
a
slash
to
dir
ectory
names.
Figure
4-2
sho
ws
the
resulting
directory
structure.
Figure 4-2. Creating the \projects"
Directory
The general form of
the mkdir command is as follows:
mkdir new dir path
where new dir path is the path name of
the directory y
ou w
ant to create.
4-8 Using the Command Line