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 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

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for mknod is maintained as a Tex-
       info manual.  If the info and mknod programs  are  prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info mknod

       should give you access to the complete manual.



mknod 5.3.0              November 2004                 MKNOD(1)
