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MKNOD(1) | User Commands | MKNOD(1) |
NAME¶
mknod - make block or character special filesSYNOPSIS¶
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
- 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 mknod bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.orgCOPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.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'
September 2011 | GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb |