Index: boot/common/creatingdirs.xml
===================================================================
--- boot/common/creatingdirs.xml	(revision 3962f52816e19ca79adb0541689d62147d4b17a9)
+++ boot/common/creatingdirs.xml	(revision 9fcb5e478b641727399868067d9a88c6c58f6cab)
@@ -14,23 +14,17 @@
   standard directory tree by issuing the following commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>install -dv ${LFS}/{bin,boot,dev,etc/opt,home,lib,mnt}
-install -dv ${LFS}/{sbin,srv,usr/local,var,opt,proc,sys}
-install -dv ${LFS}/root -m 0750
-install -dv ${LFS}/tmp ${LFS}/var/tmp -m 1777
-install -dv ${LFS}/media/{floppy,cdrom}
-install -dv ${LFS}/usr/{bin,include,lib,sbin,share,src}
-ln -sv share/{man,doc,info} ${LFS}/usr
-install -dv ${LFS}/usr/share/{doc,info,locale,man}
-install -dv ${LFS}/usr/share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
-install -dv ${LFS}/usr/share/man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
-install -dv ${LFS}/usr/local/{bin,etc,include,lib,sbin,share,src}
-ln -sv share/{man,doc,info} ${LFS}/usr/local
-install -dv ${LFS}/usr/local/share/{doc,info,locale,man}
-install -dv ${LFS}/usr/local/share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
-install -dv ${LFS}/usr/local/share/man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
-install -dv ${LFS}/var/{lock,log,mail,run,spool}
-install -dv ${LFS}/var/{opt,cache,lib/{misc,locate},local}
-install -dv ${LFS}/opt/{bin,doc,include,info}
-install -dv ${LFS}/opt/{lib,man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}}</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -pv ${LFS}/{bin,boot,dev,etc/opt,home,lib,mnt,opt}
+mkdir -pv ${LFS}/{proc,media/{floppy,cdrom},sbin,srv,sys,var}
+install -dv -m 0750 ${LFS}/root
+install -dv -m 1777 ${LFS}{/var,}/tmp
+mkdir -pv ${LFS}/usr/{,local/}{bin,include,lib,sbin,src}
+mkdir -pv ${LFS}/usr/{,local/}share/{doc,info,locale,man}
+mkdir -v  ${LFS}/usr/{,local/}share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
+mkdir -pv ${LFS}/usr/{,local/}share/man/man{1..8}
+for dir in ${LFS}/usr{,/local}; do
+  ln -sv share/{man,doc,info} $dir
+done
+mkdir -v ${LFS}/var/{lock,log,mail,run,spool}
+mkdir -pv ${LFS}/var/{opt,cache,lib/{misc,locate},local}</userinput></screen>
 
   <para os="b">Directories are, by default, created with permission mode 755,
Index: chroot/common/creatingdirs.xml
===================================================================
--- chroot/common/creatingdirs.xml	(revision 3962f52816e19ca79adb0541689d62147d4b17a9)
+++ chroot/common/creatingdirs.xml	(revision 9fcb5e478b641727399868067d9a88c6c58f6cab)
@@ -15,23 +15,17 @@
   xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='a'])"/>
 
-<screen><userinput>install -dv /{bin,boot,etc/opt,home,lib,mnt}
-install -dv /{sbin,srv,usr/local,var,opt,proc,sys}
-install -dv /root -m 0750
-install -dv /tmp /var/tmp -m 1777
-install -dv /media/{floppy,cdrom}
-install -dv /usr/{bin,include,lib,sbin,share,src}
-ln -sv share/{man,doc,info} /usr
-install -dv /usr/share/{doc,info,locale,man}
-install -dv /usr/share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
-install -dv /usr/share/man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
-install -dv /usr/local/{bin,etc,include,lib,sbin,share,src}
-ln -sv share/{man,doc,info} /usr/local
-install -dv /usr/local/share/{doc,info,locale,man}
-install -dv /usr/local/share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
-install -dv /usr/local/share/man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
-install -dv /var/{lock,log,mail,run,spool}
-install -dv /var/{opt,cache,lib/{misc,locate},local}
-install -dv /opt/{bin,doc,include,info}
-install -dv /opt/{lib,man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}}</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -pv /{bin,boot,dev,etc/opt,home,lib,mnt,opt}
+mkdir -pv /{proc,media/{floppy,cdrom},sbin,srv,sys,var}
+install -dv -m 0750 /root
+install -dv -m 1777 {/var,}/tmp
+mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}{bin,include,lib,sbin,src}
+mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/{doc,info,locale,man}
+mkdir -v  /usr/{,local/}share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
+mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/man/man{1..8}
+for dir in /usr{,/local}; do
+  ln -sv share/{man,doc,info} $dir
+done
+mkdir -v /var/{lock,log,mail,run,spool}
+mkdir -pv /var/{opt,cache,lib/{misc,locate},local}</userinput></screen>
 
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
