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  hexade-
     cimal;  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-coreutils@gnu.org
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User Commands						 MKNOD(1)



COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 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	redistri-
     bute  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.





































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