# make-dir [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/make-dir) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/sindresorhus/make-dir/branch/master) [](https://codecov.io/gh/sindresorhus/make-dir) > Make a directory and its parents if needed - Think `mkdir -p` ## Advantages over [`mkdirp`](https://github.com/substack/node-mkdirp) - Promise API *(Async/await ready!)* - Fixes many `mkdirp` issues: [#96](https://github.com/substack/node-mkdirp/pull/96) [#70](https://github.com/substack/node-mkdirp/issues/70) [#66](https://github.com/substack/node-mkdirp/issues/66) - 100% test coverage - CI-tested on macOS, Linux, and Windows - Actively maintained - Doesn't bundle a CLI ## Install ``` $ npm install make-dir ``` ## Usage ``` $ pwd /Users/sindresorhus/fun $ tree . ``` ```js const makeDir = require('make-dir'); makeDir('unicorn/rainbow/cake').then(path => { console.log(path); //=> '/Users/sindresorhus/fun/unicorn/rainbow/cake' }); ``` ``` $ tree . └── unicorn └── rainbow └── cake ``` Multiple directories: ```js const makeDir = require('make-dir'); Promise.all([ makeDir('unicorn/rainbow') makeDir('foo/bar') ]).then(paths => { console.log(paths); /* [ '/Users/sindresorhus/fun/unicorn/rainbow', '/Users/sindresorhus/fun/foo/bar' ] */ }); ``` ## API ### makeDir(path, [options]) Returns a `Promise` for the path to the created directory. ### makeDir.sync(path, [options]) Returns the path to the created directory. #### path Type: `string` Directory to create. #### options Type: `Object` ##### mode Type: `integer`<br> Default: `0o777 & (~process.umask())` Directory [permissions](https://x-team.com/blog/file-system-permissions-umask-node-js/). ##### fs Type: `Object`<br> Default: `require('fs')` Use a custom `fs` implementation. For example [`graceful-fs`](https://github.com/isaacs/node-graceful-fs). ## Related - [make-dir-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/make-dir-cli) - CLI for this module - [del](https://github.com/sindresorhus/del) - Delete files and directories - [globby](https://github.com/sindresorhus/globby) - User-friendly glob matching - [cpy](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cpy) - Copy files - [cpy-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cpy-cli) - Copy files on the command-line - [move-file](https://github.com/sindresorhus/move-file) - Move a file ## License MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)