1 Long: create-dirs 2 Help: Create necessary local directory hierarchy 3 --- 4 When used in conjunction with the --output option, curl will create the 5 necessary local directory hierarchy as needed. This option creates the dirs 6 mentioned with the --output option, nothing else. If the --output file name 7 uses no dir or if the dirs it mentions already exist, no dir will be created. 8 9 To create remote directories when using FTP or SFTP, try --ftp-create-dirs. 10