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Manual Reference Pages  - MKNOD (1)

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mknod - make block or character special files

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mknod [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]

Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.

-Z, --context=CONTEXT
	set security context (quoted string)
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 coreutils mknod

should give you access to the complete manual.

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