~$ mkdir -p /tmp/dirtest1/child1 ; ls -la /tmp/dirtest1 ; ls -la /tmp/dirtest1/child1
total 16
drwxr-xr-x  3 user user 4096 2008-06-02 09:09 .
drwxrwxrwt 34 root root 8192 2008-06-02 09:09 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 2008-06-02 09:09 child1
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 2008-06-02 09:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 user user 4096 2008-06-02 09:09 ..