4 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES
index b48854633..64034bd57 100644
--- a/RELNOTES
+++ b/RELNOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 firejail (0.9.65) baseline; urgency=low
   * filtering environment variables
   * zsh completion
+  * --mkdir, --mkfile
   * new profiles: vmware-view, display-im6.q16, ipcalc, ipcalc-ng
   * ebook-convert, ebook-edit, ebook-meta, ebook-polish, lzop
   * gget
diff --git a/src/firejail/usage.c b/src/firejail/usage.c
index 1ac30299a..adba5da40 100644
--- a/src/firejail/usage.c
+++ b/src/firejail/usage.c
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ static char *usage_str =
         "    --machine-id - preserve /etc/machine-id\n"
         "    --memory-deny-write-execute - seccomp filter to block attempts to create\n"
         "\tmemory mappings that are both writable and executable.\n"
+        "    --mkdir=dirname - create a directory.\n"
+        "    --mkfile=filename - create a file.\n"
 #ifdef HAVE_NETWORK
         "    --mtu=number - set interface MTU.\n"
 #endif
@@ -246,8 +248,6 @@ static char *usage_str =
 #ifdef HAVE_WHITELIST
         "    --whitelist=filename - whitelist directory or file.\n"
 #endif
-        "    --mkdir=dirname - create a directory.\n"
-        "    --mkfile=filename - create a file.\n"
         "    --writable-etc - /etc directory is mounted read-write.\n"
         "    --writable-run-user - allow access to /run/user/$UID/systemd and\n"
         "\t/run/user/$UID/gnupg.\n"
diff --git a/src/firejail/util.c b/src/firejail/util.c
index f3709b5fd..53c671794 100644
--- a/src/firejail/util.c
+++ b/src/firejail/util.c
@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@ void touch_file_as_user(const char *fname, mode_t mode) {
                         SET_PERMS_STREAM(fp, -1, -1, mode);
                         fclose(fp);
                 }
+                else
+                        fwarning("cannot create %s\n", fname);
 #ifdef HAVE_GCOV
                 __gcov_flush();
 #endif
diff --git a/src/man/firejail.txt b/src/man/firejail.txt
index 9e89d4e79..81bd5a049 100644
--- a/src/man/firejail.txt
+++ b/src/man/firejail.txt
@@ -1105,6 +1105,26 @@ Example:
 $ firejail \-\-machine-id
 
 .TP
+\fB\-\-mkdir=dirname
+Create a directory in user home. Parent directories are created as needed.
+.br
+
+.br
+Example:
+.br
+$ firejail --mkdir=~/work/project
+
+.TP
+\fB\-\-mkfile=filename
+Create an empty file in user home.
+.br
+
+.br
+Example:
+.br
+$ firejail --mkfile=~/work/project/readme
+
+.TP
 \fB\-\-memory-deny-write-execute
 Install a seccomp filter to block attempts to create memory mappings
 that are both writable and executable, to change mappings to be