MKNOD
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2004
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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
- --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@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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 coreutils mknod
should give you access to the complete manual.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- AUTHOR
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- SEE ALSO
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