The -m option in the mkdir command is used to set the permissions for the newly created directory. It allows you to specify the permission mode in numeric format (like 700, 755, etc.) when creating the directory.
For example:
mkdir -m 700 my_directoryIn this case, 700 sets the permissions so that:
- The owner has read, write, and execute permissions (7).
- The group has no permissions (0).
- Others have no permissions (0).
This means only the owner can access the directory, while others cannot.
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