---
name: "e2mkdir"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "e2tools"
version: "0.1.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/e2mkdir"
---

# e2mkdir(1)

creates a directory on an ext2 filesystem

## NAME

e2mkdir - creates a directory on an ext2 filesystem

## SYNOPSIS

**e2mkdir** \[*options*\] *directory...*

## DESCRIPTION

The **e2mkdir** command creates directories on an ext2 filesystem. It behaves similar to \`mkdir -p'.

## OPTIONS

- **-G *gid***

  Set the default group to gid.

- **-O *uid***

  Set the default file owner to uid.

- **-P *mode***

  Set the file permissions (ie 755, 666).

- **-v**

  Be verbose.

### Note

This program expects to have a full ext2 file specification for each argument.

## EXAMPLES

This creates the directory \`/boot/grub\` with on \`boot.img\` with the current user and group ids:

    e2mkdir boot.img:/boot/grub

To override the default ownership and permissions:

    e2mkdir -O 100 -P 700 /dev/hdb1:/data/backup

## SEE ALSO

[**e2tools**(7)](/e2tools/7.md), [**e2ln**(1)](/e2ln/1.md), [**e2ls**(1)](/e2ls/1.md), [**e2mv**(1)](/e2mv/1.md), [**e2cp**(1)](/e2cp/1.md), [**e2rm**(1)](/e2rm/1.md), [**e2tail**(1)](/e2tail/1.md).

## AUTHOR

The **e2tools** were written by Keith Sheffield \<sheff@pobox.com\>.

This manual page was written by Lucas Wall \<lwall@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).