mknod
make block or character special files
Synopsis
mknod
[OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
mknod /dev/fbsplash c 10 63
source
mknod /dev/globalvar c 240 0
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 documentation for details about the options it
supports.
copyright
Copyright © 2012 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.
reporting bugs
Report mknod bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software:
<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report mknod translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
see also
mknod
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.
author
Written by
David MacKenzie.