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MKNOD(8)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		 MKNOD(8)



[1mNAME
     [0mmknod - build special file

[1mSYNOPSIS
     /sbin/mknod [0mname [ [1mb|c [0m] major minor

     [1m/sbin/mknod [0mname p

[1mDESCRIPTION
     [0m_M_k_n_o_d makes a special file.  The first argument is the _n_a_m_e
     of the entry.  In the first form, the second argument is [1mb
     [0mif the special file is block-type (disks, tape) or [1mc [0mif it
     is character-type (other devices).  The last two arguments
     are numbers specifying the _m_a_j_o_r device type and the _m_i_n_o_r
     device (e.g. unit, drive, or line number).

     The assignment of major device numbers is specific to each
     system.  They have to be dug out of the system source file
     _c_o_n_f._c.

     In the second form, mknod makes a named pipe (FIFO).

[1mSEE ALSO
     [0mmknod(2), makedev(8)































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