The md and mkdir commands allow users to create directories.
Availability
Md and mkdir are internal commands that are available in the following Microsoft operating systems.
Availability
Md and mkdir syntax
Md and mkdir examples
All Versions of MS-DOS
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 10
Windows 11
Md and mkdir syntax
Creates a directory.
MKDIR [drive:]path MD [drive:]path
If Command Extensions are enabled, MKDIR changes as follows:
MKDIR creates any intermediate directories in the path, if needed. For example, assume \a does not exist then:
mkdir \a\b\c\d
is the same as:
mkdir \a chdir \a mkdir b chdir b mkdir c chdir c mkdir d
which is what you would have to type if extensions were disabled.
Md and mkdir examples
md test
The example above creates the “test” directory in the current directory.
mkdir “computer hope”
The above command would create a directory called “computer hope”. If you want a space in your directory name, it must be surrounded in quotes.
md c:\test
Create the “test” directory in the c:\ directory.
md c:\test1\test2
Create the “test1” directory (if it does not already exist), and then the “test2” subdirectory, in the c:\ directory.
Related information
- See our directory definition for further information and related links on this term.
