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# `incus storage volume file create`

Create files and directories in custom vollume

## Synopsis
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Description:
  Create files and directories in custom volume



```
```
incus storage volume file create [<remote>:]<pool> <volume>/<path> [<symlink target path>] [flags]
```

## Examples

```
  incus storage volume file create foo bar/baz
     To create a file baz in the bar volume on the foo pool.

  incus file create --type=symlink foo bar/baz qux
     To create a symlink qux in bar storage volume on the foo pool whose target is baz.
```

## Options

```
  -p, --create-dirs   Create any directories necessary
  -f, --force         Force creating files or directories
      --gid           Set the file's gid on create (default -1)
      --mode          Set the file's perms on create
  -t, --type          The type to create (file, symlink, or directory) (default "file")
      --uid           Set the file's uid on create (default -1)
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --debug          Show all debug messages
      --explain        If the command is valid, explain its parsed arguments instead of running it
      --force-local    Force using the local unix socket
  -h, --help           Print help
      --project        Override the source project
  -q, --quiet          Don't show progress information
      --sub-commands   Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
  -v, --verbose        Show all information messages
      --version        Print version number
```

## SEE ALSO

* [incus storage volume file](incus_storage_volume_file.md)	 - Manage files in custom volumes

