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Name

Synopsis

Description

Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.

-Z, --context=CTX

set the SELinux security context of NAME to CTX

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

-m, --mode=MODE

set file permission bits to MODE, 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

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

Reporting Bugs

Copyright

See Also

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.

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• Synopsis
• Description
• Author
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