mknod

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                    mknod(1M)
 
 
 


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(5) for the  description  of  the  behavior  of
      mknod  when  encountering  files  greater than or equal to 2
      Gbyte ( 2**31 bytes).
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 16 Sep 1996                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maintenance Commands                                    mknod(1M)
 
 
 
      ftp(1), in.ftpd(1M),  mknod(2),  symlink(2),  attributes(5),
      largefile(5)
 


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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 16 Sep 1996                    2
 
 
 

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