MS DOS Command: MD (MKDIR)

Reference from Microsoft MS-DOS cmd help

Description

Creates a directory.

You can use the MKDIR or MD command to create a multilevel directory structure.

Syntax

Parameters

Related Commands

For information about deleting a directory, see the RMDIR command. For information about changing directories, see the CHDIR command.

Examples

Suppose you want to create a directory on the disk in the current drive and use the directory to store all your tax information. To create a directory named TAXES, type the following command:

mkdir \taxes

You could also type this command with the same results:

md \taxes

Now suppose that the TAXES directory is the current directory and that you want to create a subdirectory of TAXES named PROPERTY. To create the PROPERTY directory, type the following command:

mkdir property