MKNOD   (1) manpage
MKNOD
1
March 2004
mknod (coreutils) 5.2.1
User Commands
  • 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.
      -Z, --context=CONTEXT
      set security context (quoted string)
      -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.
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