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 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
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/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT


Copyright © 2009 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 redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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.

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