MKNOD(1) User Commands MKNOD(1)
NAME
mknod - make block or character special files
SYNOPSIS
mknod [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]
DESCRIPTION
Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-m, --mode=MODE
set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask
-Z, --context=CONTEXT
set security context (quoted string)
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Both MAJOR and MINOR must be specified when TYPE is b, c, or u, and they must be
omitted when TYPE is p. If MAJOR or MINOR begins with 0x or 0X, it is interpreted
as hexadecimal; otherwise, if it begins with 0, as octal; otherwise, as decimal.
TYPE may be:
b create a block (buffered) special file
c, u create a character (unbuffered) special file
p create a FIFO
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils AT gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for mknod is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info
and mknod programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info mknod
should give you access to the complete manual.
mknod 5.97 January 2009 MKNOD(1)
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