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

     --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  hexade-
     cimal;  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 .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software.  You may redistribute  copies  of  it
     under   the   terms   of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
     .  There  is  NO  WAR-
     RANTY, 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



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User Commands                                            MKNOD(1)



          info mknod

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE  
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-coreutils 
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted       
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.




































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