--- a/toys/posix/mkdir.c	Sun Dec 16 13:43:36 2012 +0100
+++ b/toys/posix/mkdir.c	Sun Dec 23 16:25:31 2012 +0100
@@ -4,31 +4,33 @@
  *
  * See http://opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/mkdir.html
  *
- * TODO: Add -m
 
-USE_MKDIR(NEWTOY(mkdir, "<1p", TOYFLAG_BIN))
+USE_MKDIR(NEWTOY(mkdir, "<1pm:", TOYFLAG_BIN))
 
 config MKDIR
   bool "mkdir"
   default y
   help
-    usage: mkdir [-p] [dirname...]
+    usage: mkdir [-p] [-m mode] [dirname...]
     Create one or more directories.
 
     -p	make parent directories as needed.
+    -m  set permissions of directory to mode.
 */
 
 #define FOR_mkdir
 #include "toys.h"
 
 GLOBALS(
-  long mode;
+  char *arg_mode;
+  mode_t mode;
 )
 
 static int do_mkdir(char *dir)
 {
   struct stat buf;
   char *s;
+  mode_t mode = 0777;
 
   // mkdir -p one/two/three is not an error if the path already exists,
   // but is if "three" is a file.  The others we dereference and catch
@@ -44,12 +46,16 @@
     char save=0;
 
     // Skip leading / of absolute paths.
-    if (s!=dir && *s == '/' && toys.optflags) {
+    if (s!=dir && *s == '/' && (toys.optflags&FLAG_p)) {
       save = *s;
       *s = 0;
     } else if (*s) continue;
 
-    if (mkdir(dir, TT.mode)<0 && (!toys.optflags || errno != EEXIST))
+    // Use the mode from the -m option only for the last directory.
+    if ((toys.optflags&FLAG_m) && save != '/')
+      mode = TT.mode;
+
+    if (mkdir(dir, mode)<0 && ((toys.optflags&~FLAG_p) || errno != EEXIST))
       return 1;
 
     if (!(*s = save)) break;
@@ -63,6 +69,8 @@
   char **s;
 
   TT.mode = 0777;
+  if(toys.optflags&FLAG_m)
+    TT.mode = string_to_mode(TT.arg_mode, TT.mode);
 
   for (s=toys.optargs; *s; s++) {
     if (do_mkdir(*s)) {