mkdir's “-p” option

Question

So this doesn\'t seem like a terribly complicated question I have, but it\'s one I can\'t find the answer to. I\'m confused about what the -p option does in Unix.

Answer 1

mkdir [-switch] foldername

-p is a switch which is optional, it will create subfolder and parent folder as well even parent folder doesn't exist.

From the man page:

-p, --parents no error if existing, make parent directories as needed

Example:

mkdir -p storage/framework/{sessions,views,cache}

This will create subfolder sessions,views,cache inside framework folder irrespective of 'framework' was available earlier or not.