MKNOD(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures MKNOD(8)
NAME
mknod - make a special file
SYNOPSIS
mknod name b
major minor mknod name c
major minor mknod name p
DESCRIPTION
mknod makes a directory entry for a special file.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
b Create a block-type special file.
c Create a character-type special file.
p Create a FIFO (named pipe).
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
major The
major device number.
minor The
minor device number; can be either decimal or octal. The
assignment of major device numbers is specific to each
system. You must be the super-user to use this form of the
command.
name A special file to be created.
USAGE
See
largefile(7) for the description of the behavior of
mknod when
encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
SEE ALSO
ftp(1),
mknod(2),
symlink(2),
attributes(7),
largefile(7)NOTES
If
mknod(2) is used to create a device, the major and minor device
numbers are always interpreted by the kernel running on that machine.
With the advent of physical device naming, it would be preferable to
create a symbolic link to the physical name of the device (in the
/devices subtree) rather than using
mknod.
September 16, 1996 MKNOD(8)
