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MD - Create a subdirectory

 
 Purpose:    Create a subdirectory. 
             
 Format:     MD [/N /S] path ... 
                 or 
             MKDIR [/N /S] path ... 
             
             path :  The name of one or more directories to create. 
             
             /N(o update)                    /S(ubdirectories) 
 
 See also:  RD. 
 Usage 
 MD and MKDIR are synonyms.  You can use either one. 
 MD creates a subdirectory anywhere in the directory tree.  To create a 
 subdirectory from the root, start the path with a backslash [\].  For 
 example, this command creates a subdirectory called MYDIR in the root 
 directory: 

 
         [c:\] md \mydir
 
 
 If no path is given, the new subdirectory is created in the current 
 directory.  This example creates a subdirectory called DIRTWO in the 
 current directory: 

 
         [c:\mydir] md dirtwo
 
 
 To create a directory from the parent of the current directory (that is, 
 to create a sibling of the current directory), start the pathname with 
 two periods and a backslash [..\]. 
 When creating a directory on an HPFS drive, you must quote any path which 
 contains whitespace or special characters.  See File Names for additional 
 details on file name quoting. 
 If MD creates one or more directories, they will be added automatically 
 to the extended directory search database unless the /N option is 
 specified. 
 Options 
    /N:     (No Update) Do not update the extended directory search 
            database, JPSTREE.IDX  This is useful when creating a 
            temporary directory which you do not want to appear in the 
            extended search database. 
    /S:     (Subdirectories) MD creates one directory at a time unless you 
            use the /S option.  If you need to create the directory 
            C:\ONE\TWO\THREE and none of the named directories exist, you 
            can use /S to have MD create all of the necessary 
            subdirectories for you in a single command: 

            
                    [c:\] md /s \one\two\three
            
            
 

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