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.Dd November 1, 2006 .Dt dirhelper 8 .Os "Mac OS X" .Sh NAME .Nm dirhelper .Nd helper for special directory creation .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm dirhelper .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm dirhelper command is a launch-on-demand helper for special directory creation. It is launched in a privileged context via .Nm launchd in order to create special directories where the user would not otherwise have permission to do so.

p The .Nm dirhelper command should not be invoked directly. It will exit automatically after a period of inactivity. .Sh FILES l -tag -width "/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.bsd.dirhelper.plist" -compact t Pa /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.bsd.dirhelper.plist .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr launchd 8 , .Xr launchd.plist 5