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# mknod - Unix, Linux Command

# 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.

Tag | Description
--- | ---
-m, --mode=MODE
| set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask
-Z, --context=CONTEXT
| set security context (quoted string)
--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

# AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

# REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

# SEE ALSO

mknod is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mknod programs are properly installed at your site, the command

Tag | Description
--- | ---
| info mknod

should give you access to the complete manual.

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