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mknod (1g)

Name

mknod - make block or character special files

Synopsis

mknod [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]

Description




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 file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask

     -Z, --context=CTX
          set the SELinux security context of NAME to CTX

     --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  hexadeci-
     mal; 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

     NOTE: your shell may have its own version  of  mknod,  which
     usually supersedes the version described here.  Please refer
     to your shell's documentation for details about the  options
     it supports.

AUTHOR
     Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report mknod bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU  coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
     utils/>
     General help using GNU  software:  <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
     elp/>
     Report  mknod  translation  bugs  to <http://translationpro-
     ject.org/team/>



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User Commands                                            MKNOD(1)



COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation,  Inc.   License
     GPLv3+:      GNU      GPL     version     3     or     later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redis-
     tribute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
     by law.


ATTRIBUTES
     See  attributes(5)  for  descriptions   of   the   following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
     +---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
     mknod(2)

     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 invocation'

     should give you access to the complete manual.



NOTES
     This   software   was   built   from   source  available  at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.   The   original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz

     Further information about this software can be found on  the
     open  source  community  website at http://www.gnu.org/soft-
     ware/coreutils/.













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