NAME

mknod — Create FIFO, block-special, character-special files

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

mknod creates special file at path of the given type:

b

Create block special file

c|u

Create character special file

p

Create FIFO

Both major and minor must be specified when type is b, c, or u, and they must be omitted when type is p. The numbers given in major and minor are interpreted as hexadecimal with a leading 0x or 0X, octal with a leading 0, decimal otherwise.

OPTIONS

-m mode

Set permission of new special file, relative to 0666/rw-rw-rw using the same format as chmod(1).

EXIT STATUS

The mknod utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

mkfifo(1)

HISTORY

A mknod utility appeared in Version 4 AT&T UNIX.

AUTHORS

Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact+utils@hacktivis.me>