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.TH MKNOD "1" "September 2011" "GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
mknod \- make block or character special files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mknod
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fINAME TYPE \fR[\fIMAJOR MINOR\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR=\fIMODE\fR
set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw \- umask
.TP
\fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-context\fR=\fICTX\fR
set the SELinux security context of NAME to CTX
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
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:
.TP
b
create a block (buffered) special file
.TP
c, u
create a character (unbuffered) special file
.TP
p
create a FIFO
.PP
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.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report mknod bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report mknod translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mknod(2)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B mknod
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B mknod
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqmknod invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.