curl/docs/cmdline-opts/create-dirs.md

---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: create-dirs
Help: Create necessary local directory hierarchy
Category: output
Added: 7.10.3
Multi: boolean
See-also:
  - ftp-create-dirs
  - output-dir
Example:
  - --create-dirs --output local/dir/file $URL
---

# `--create-dirs`

When used in conjunction with the --output option, curl creates the necessary
local directory hierarchy as needed. This option creates the directories
mentioned with the --output option combined with the path possibly set with
--output-dir. If the combined output filename uses no directory, or if the
directories it mentions already exist, no directories are created.

Created directories are made with mode 0750 on Unix-style file systems.

To create remote directories when using FTP or SFTP, try --ftp-create-dirs.
docs/cmdline: change to .md for cmdline docs - switch all invidual files documenting command line options into .md, as the documentation is now markdown-looking. - made the parser treat 4-space indents as quotes - switch to building the curl.1 manpage using the "mainpage.idx" file, which lists the files to include to generate it, instead of using the previous page-footer/headers. Also, those files are now also .md ones, using the same format. I gave them underscore prefixes to make them sort separately: _NAME.md, _SYNOPSIS.md, _DESCRIPTION.md, _URL.md, _GLOBBING.md, _VARIABLES.md, _OUTPUT.md, _PROTOCOLS.md, _PROGRESS.md, _VERSION.md, _OPTIONS.md, _FILES.md, _ENVIRONMENT.md, _PROXYPREFIX.md, _EXITCODES.md, _BUGS.md, _AUTHORS.md, _WWW.md, _SEEALSO.md - updated test cases accordingly Closes #12751 2024-01-21 06:18:43 +08:00			`---`
copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges - they are mostly pointless in all major jurisdictions - many big corporations and projects already don't use them - saves us from pointless churn - git keeps history for us - the year range is kept in COPYING checksrc is updated to allow non-year using copyright statements Closes #10205 2023-01-02 20:51:48 +08:00			`c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.`
docs/cmdline-opts: add copyright and license identifier to each file gen.pl now insists on C: and SPDX-License-Identifier: fields to be present in all files. Closes #9002 2022-06-14 06:12:03 +08:00			`SPDX-License-Identifier: curl`
cmdline-docs: more options converted over 2016-11-16 06:44:58 +08:00			`Long: create-dirs`
			`Help: Create necessary local directory hierarchy`
cmdline-opts: category cleanup Option cleanups: --get is not upload --form* are post - added several options into ldap, smtp, imap and pop3 - shortened the category descriptions in the list category curl fixes: --create-dirs removed from 'curl' --ftp-create-dirs removed from 'curl' --netrc moved to 'auth' from 'curl' --netrc-file moved to 'auth' from 'curl' --netrc-optional moved to 'auth' from 'curl' --no-buffer moved to 'output' from 'curl' --no-clobber removed from 'curl' --output removed from 'curl' --output-dir removed from 'curl' --remove-on-error removed from 'curl' Add a "global" category: - Made all "global" options set this category Add a "deprecated" category: - Moved the deprecated options to it (maybe they should not be in any category long term) Add a 'timeout' category - Put a number of appropriate options in it Add an 'ldap' category - Put the LDAP related option in there Remove categories "ECH" and "ipfs" - They should not be categories. Had only one single option each. Remove category "misc" - It should not be a category as it is impossible to know when to browse it. --use-ascii moved to ftp and output --xattr moved to output --service-name moved to auth Managen fixes: - errors if an option is given a category name that is not already setup for in code - verifies that options set `scope: global` also is put in category `global´ Closes #14101 2024-07-04 19:38:18 +08:00			`Category: output`
cmdline-opts: made the 'Added:' field mandatory Since "too old" versions are no longer included in the generated man page, this field is now mandatory so that it won't be forgotten and then not included in the documentation. Closes #7786 2021-09-28 17:50:07 +08:00			`Added: 7.10.3`
cmdline/docs: add a required 'multi' keyword for each option The keyword specifies how option works when specified multiple times: - single: the last provided value replaces the earlier ones - append: it supports being provided multiple times - boolean: on/off values - mutex: flag-like option that disable anoter flag The 'gen.pl' script then outputs the proper and unified language for each option's multi-use behavior in the generated man page. The multi: header is requires in each .d file and will cause build error if missing or set to an unknown value. Closes #9759 2022-10-18 16:39:43 +08:00			`Multi: boolean`
docs/cmdline: change to .md for cmdline docs - switch all invidual files documenting command line options into .md, as the documentation is now markdown-looking. - made the parser treat 4-space indents as quotes - switch to building the curl.1 manpage using the "mainpage.idx" file, which lists the files to include to generate it, instead of using the previous page-footer/headers. Also, those files are now also .md ones, using the same format. I gave them underscore prefixes to make them sort separately: _NAME.md, _SYNOPSIS.md, _DESCRIPTION.md, _URL.md, _GLOBBING.md, _VARIABLES.md, _OUTPUT.md, _PROTOCOLS.md, _PROGRESS.md, _VERSION.md, _OPTIONS.md, _FILES.md, _ENVIRONMENT.md, _PROXYPREFIX.md, _EXITCODES.md, _BUGS.md, _AUTHORS.md, _WWW.md, _SEEALSO.md - updated test cases accordingly Closes #12751 2024-01-21 06:18:43 +08:00			`See-also:`
			`- ftp-create-dirs`
			`- output-dir`
			`Example:`
			`- --create-dirs --output local/dir/file $URL`
cmdline-docs: more options converted over 2016-11-16 06:44:58 +08:00			`---`
docs/cmdline: change to .md for cmdline docs - switch all invidual files documenting command line options into .md, as the documentation is now markdown-looking. - made the parser treat 4-space indents as quotes - switch to building the curl.1 manpage using the "mainpage.idx" file, which lists the files to include to generate it, instead of using the previous page-footer/headers. Also, those files are now also .md ones, using the same format. I gave them underscore prefixes to make them sort separately: _NAME.md, _SYNOPSIS.md, _DESCRIPTION.md, _URL.md, _GLOBBING.md, _VARIABLES.md, _OUTPUT.md, _PROTOCOLS.md, _PROGRESS.md, _VERSION.md, _OPTIONS.md, _FILES.md, _ENVIRONMENT.md, _PROXYPREFIX.md, _EXITCODES.md, _BUGS.md, _AUTHORS.md, _WWW.md, _SEEALSO.md - updated test cases accordingly Closes #12751 2024-01-21 06:18:43 +08:00
			# `--create-dirs`

cmdline-docs: use present tense, not future + some smaller cleanups Closes #11821 2023-09-08 20:32:29 +08:00			`When used in conjunction with the --output option, curl creates the necessary`
			`local directory hierarchy as needed. This option creates the directories`
create-dirs.d: clarify it also uses --output-dirs Reported-by: Robert Simpson Fixes #11991 Closes #11995 2023-09-30 05:53:07 +08:00			`mentioned with the --output option combined with the path possibly set with`
docs: more language cleanups - present tense - avoid bad words Closes #13003 2024-02-27 17:35:28 +08:00			`--output-dir. If the combined output filename uses no directory, or if the`
create-dirs.d: clarify it also uses --output-dirs Reported-by: Robert Simpson Fixes #11991 Closes #11995 2023-09-30 05:53:07 +08:00			`directories it mentions already exist, no directories are created.`
cmdline-docs: more options converted over 2016-11-16 06:44:58 +08:00
tidy-up: OS names Use these words and casing more consistently across text, comments and one curl tool output: AIX, ALPN, ANSI, BSD, Cygwin, Darwin, FreeBSD, GitHub, HP-UX, Linux, macOS, MS-DOS, MSYS, MinGW, NTLM, POSIX, Solaris, UNIX, Unix, Unicode, WINE, WebDAV, Win32, winbind, WinIDN, Windows, Windows CE, Winsock. Mostly OS names and a few more. Also a couple of other minor text fixups. Closes #14360 2024-08-03 07:09:57 +08:00			`Created directories are made with mode 0750 on Unix-style file systems.`
create-dirs.d: mention the mode Reported-by: Dan Jacobson Fixes #4766 Closes #4916 2020-02-13 05:30:45 +08:00
cmdline-docs: more options converted over 2016-11-16 06:44:58 +08:00			`To create remote directories when using FTP or SFTP, try --ftp-create-dirs.`