---
name: "pegasus-create-dir"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pegasus-wms"
version: "4.4.0+dfsg-8"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pegasus-create-dir"
---

# pegasus-create-dir(1)

Creates work directories in Pegasus workflows.

## NAME

pegasus-create-dir - Creates work directories in Pegasus workflows.

## SYNOPSIS

```
pegasus-create-dir [-h][-l level][-u URL]
```

## DESCRIPTION

**pegasus-create-dir** creates a directory for the given URL. Some of the protocols it can handle are GridFTP, SRM, Amazon S3, HTTP, and file:// (using mkdir).

Note that pegasus-create-dir is a tool mostly used internally in Pegasus workflows, but the tool can be used stand alone as well.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Prints a usage summary with all the available command-line options.

- **-l** *level*, **--loglevel** *level*

  The debugging output level. Valid values are *debug*, *info*, *warning*, and *error*. Default value is *info*.

- **-u** *URL*, **--url** *URL*

  Specifies the directory to create.

- **-s** *URL*, **--site** *URL*

  Name of the targeted site. This is used when determining which credential to use.

## EXAMPLE

```
$ pegasus-create-dir -s some_site_name -u gsiftp://somehost/some/path
```

## CREDENTIAL HANDLING

Credentials used for create dir can be specified with a combination of comments in the input file format and environment variables. For example, give the input file above, pegasus-create-dir will expect either one environment variable specifying one generic credential (X509\_USER\_PROXY), or a specific one for the site named on the command line (X509\_USER\_PROXY\_some\_site\_name).

## AUTHORS

Pegasus Team **http://pegasus.isi.edu**