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CentOS 5.6 |
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mknod(1) |
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mknod − make block or character special files
mknod [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]
Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.
Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
−m, −−mode=MODE
set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw − umask
−Z, −−context=CONTEXT
set security context (quoted string)
−−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 |
Written by David MacKenzie.
Report bugs to <bug−coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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 mknod
should give you access to the complete manual.
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