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mknod - make block or character special files
mknod [OPTION]...
NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]
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
Written by David MacKenzie.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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.
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.
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