mknod(1) [redhat man page]

MKNOD(1)								FSF								  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 permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       MAJOR MINOR are forbidden for TYPE p, mandatory otherwise.  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 <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002 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 PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       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.

mknod (coreutils) 4.5.3 					   February 2003							  MKNOD(1)

MKNOD(1)							   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 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

       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of mknod, which usually supersedes the version described here.  Please refer to your shell's doc-
       umentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR

       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report mknod bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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)

       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.

GNU coreutils 7.1						     July 2010								  MKNOD(1)