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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 6b47fc7a41..5de9dc7947 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -2417,9 +2417,12 @@ the original list for which the BLOCK or EXPR evaluates to true. =item mkdir FILENAME,MASK +=item mkdir FILENAME + Creates the directory specified by FILENAME, with permissions specified by MASK (as modified by C<umask>). If it succeeds it returns true, otherwise it returns false and sets C<$!> (errno). +If omitted, MASK defaults to 0777. In general, it is better to create directories with permissive MASK, and let the user modify that with their C<umask>, than it is to supply |