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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  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

     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
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright cO 2010 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License
     GPLv3+:      GNU      GPL     version     3     or     later
     .
     This is free software: you are free to change and  redistri-
     bute  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.

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

     ___________________________________________
    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |    ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
    |____________________|______________________|_
    | Availability       |  file/gnu-coreutils |
    |____________________|______________________|_
    | Interface Stability|  Uncommitted        |
    |____________________|_____________________|

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





















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