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

-p|--parent will be used if you are trying to create a directory with top-down approach. That will create the parent directory then child and so on iff none exists.

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

About rlidwka it means giving full or administrative access. Found it here https://itservices.stanford.edu/service/afs/intro/permissions/unix.