Create folder in Linux

[davy_yg]

Hello,

I have to create this folder named "files" in uploadtemp folder:

\red5\webapps\openmeetings\uploadtemp\files

how?

If I currently in :

davy@ubuntu:~$ ls
core Documents examples.desktop Pictures Templates
Desktop Downloads Music 

how to create that files folder?

[L7Sqr]

Well, in general, *nix usually has a forward slash (/) delimeter, not a backslash (\).

From your current position you would do:

mkdir /red5/webapps/openmeetings/uploadtemp/files

Of course, you need permision to create that directory. If you do not have permissions you need to do the action as root or with elevated priveleges (sudo).

[rubberman]

Also, if any of the intermediate directories don't exist, you can add the -p option to mkdir. IE,
mkdir -p /red5/webapps/openmeetings/upload/files

[davy_yg]

This is what happens:

davy@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /red5/webapps/openmeetings/uploadtemp/files
[sudo] password for davy:
mkdir: cannot create directory `/red5/webapps/openmeetings/uploadtemp/files': No such file or directory

[L7Sqr]

Did you try rubberman's suggestion of including the -p flag?

Does /red5 or any of the subfolders your reference even exist?

[davy_yg]

davy@ubuntu:~$ mkdir -p /red5/webapps/openmeetings/uploadtemp/files
mkdir: cannot create directory `/red5': Permission denied

[JasonHippy]

You need to be root in order to create directories at that location, so you need to use sudo at the beginning of the command.
Eg.
sudo mkdir -p /red5/blahblahblah..............