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- mknod - make special files
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- m✓mk✓kn✓no✓od✓d [options] path {bcu} major minor
- m✓mk✓kn✓no✓od✓d [options] path p
- Options:
- [-m mode] [--mode=mode] [--help] [--version]
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- D✓DE✓ES✓SC✓CR✓RI✓IP✓PT✓TI✓IO✓ON✓N
- This manual page documents the GNU version of m✓mk✓kn✓no✓od✓d.
- m✓mk✓kn✓no✓od✓d creates a FIFO, character special file, or block
- special file with the given pathname. By default, the
- mode of created files is 0666 minus the bits set in the
- umask.
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- The argument after the path specifies the type of file to
- make:
- p for a FIFO
- b for a block (buffered) special file
- c or u for a character (unbuffered) special file
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- When making a block or character special file, the major
- and minor device numbers must be given after the file
- type.
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- _✓-_✓m_✓, _✓-_✓-_✓m_✓o_✓d_✓e _✓m_✓o_✓d_✓e
- Set the mode of created files to _✓m_✓o_✓d_✓e, which is
- symbolic as in chmod and uses the default mode as
- the point of departure.
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- _✓-_✓-_✓h_✓e_✓l_✓p Print a usage message on standard output and exit
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- Print version information on standard output then
- exit successfully.
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- FSF GNU File Utilities 1
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