MKNOD
NAMESYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO
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 |
set the SELinux security context to default type |
--context[=CTX]
like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context 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 |
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c, u |
create a character (unbuffered) special file |
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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
GNU coreutils
online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report mknod translation bugs to
<https://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
© 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://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)
Full
documentation at:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mknod>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mknod
invocation'
Manpage server at man.gnu.org.ua.
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