php man page for posix_mknod

POSIX_MKNOD(3)								 1							    POSIX_MKNOD(3)

posix_mknod - Create a special or ordinary file (POSIX.1)

SYNOPSIS
       bool posix_mknod (string  $pathname, int  $mode, [int  $major], [int  $minor])

DESCRIPTION
	Creates a special or ordinary file.

PARAMETERS
	      o $pathname
		- The file to create

	      o $mode
		-  This  parameter is constructed by a bitwise OR between file type (one of the following constants: POSIX_S_IFREG, POSIX_S_IFCHR,
		POSIX_S_IFBLK, POSIX_S_IFIFO or POSIX_S_IFSOCK) and permissions.

	      o $major
		- The major device kernel identifier (required to pass when using S_IFCHR or S_IFBLK).

	      o $minor
		- The minor device kernel identifier.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      A posix_mknod(3) example

	      <?php

	      $file = '/tmp/tmpfile';  // file name
	      $type = POSIX_S_IFBLK;   // file type
	      $permissions = 0777;     // octal
	      $major = 1;
	      $minor = 8;	       // /dev/random

	      if (!posix_mknod($file, $type | $permissions, $major, $minor)) {
		  die('Error ' . posix_get_last_error() . ': ' . posix_strerror(posix_get_last_error()));
	      }

	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       posix_mkfifo(3).

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