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 documentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report mknod bugs to bug-coreutilsATgnu.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/>;

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   (C)   2010   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 8.5                                         November 2010                                                 MKNOD(1)