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+#[crate_id(name="mkdir", vers="1.0.0", author="Nicholas Juszczak")];
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+ *
+ * (c) Nicholas Juszczak <juszczakn@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+extern mod extra;
+
+use std::os;
+use std::io::stderr;
+use extra::getopts::groups;
+use std::io::fs::mkdir;
+use std::path;
+
+static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+
+fn print_help(opts: &[groups::OptGroup]) {
+    println!("mkdir v{} - make a new directory with the given path", VERSION);
+    println("");
+    println("Usage:");
+    print(groups::usage("Create the given DIRECTORY(ies)" +
+                        " if they do not exist", opts));
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let args: ~[~str] = os::args();
+    let program: ~str = args[0].clone();
+    
+    let opts: ~[groups::OptGroup] = ~[
+        //groups::optflag("m", "mode", "set file mode"),
+        groups::optflag("p", "parents", "make parent directories as needed"),
+        groups::optflag("v", "verbose",
+                        "print a message for each printed directory"),
+        groups::optflag("", "help", "display this help"),
+        groups::optflag("", "version", "display this version")
+    ];
+
+    let matches = match groups::getopts(args.tail(), opts) {
+        Ok(m) => m,
+        Err(f) => {
+            writeln!(&mut stderr() as &mut Writer,
+                     "Invalid options\n{}", f.to_err_msg());
+            os::set_exit_status(1);
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+
+    if matches.opt_present("help") {
+        print_help(opts);
+        return;
+    }
+    if matches.opt_present("version") {
+        println("mkdir v" + VERSION);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let parents: bool = matches.opt_present("parents");
+    mkdir(parents);
+}
+
+fn mkdir(mk_parents: bool) {
+    
+}
+