MKNOD(1) 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 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
Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
Report mknod bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report mknod translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2010 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 redistribute 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.

GNU coreutils 8.5 November 2010 MKNOD(1)