What does -p do in CMS?

Hi Omar,

This is a tough question because you aren't being specific enough. -p is in a lot of linux programs. Perhaps the most common use I have seen is:

mkdir -p

It can created nested directories if there not already created. Its in a lot of install scripts.

You can read more here: http://superuser.com/questions/165157/what-does-mkdir-p-flag-do

If that doesn't help answer your question please be specific what Linux application your talking about. You have to remember that tons of programs offer different paramaters. So -p will do something completely else in another program.

Also you can always run the manual page for most Linux programs like this:

man mkdir

and one of the first things that shows is the paramaters and you can see:

       -p, --parents
              no error if existing, make parent directories as needed