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NAME

6       mknod - make block or character special files
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SYNOPSIS

9       mknod [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.
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14       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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17       -m, --mode=MODE
18              set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask
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20       -Z, --context=CTX
21              set the SELinux security context of NAME to CTX
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23              When COREUTILS_CHILD_DEFAULT_ACLS environment variable  is  set,
24              -m/--mode  option respects default umask and ACLs, as it does in
25              Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 by default
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27       --help display this help and exit
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29       --version
30              output version information and exit
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32       Both MAJOR and MINOR must be specified when TYPE is b,  c,  or  u,  and
33       they  must be omitted when TYPE is p.  If MAJOR or MINOR begins with 0x
34       or 0X, it is interpreted as hexadecimal; otherwise, if it  begins  with
35       0, as octal; otherwise, as decimal.  TYPE may be:
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37       b      create a block (buffered) special file
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39       c, u   create a character (unbuffered) special file
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41       p      create a FIFO
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43       NOTE:  your  shell  may  have  its  own version of mknod, which usually
44       supersedes the version described here.  Please refer  to  your  shell's
45       documentation for details about the options it supports.
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AUTHOR

48       Written by David MacKenzie.
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REPORTING BUGS

51       Report mknod bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
52       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
53       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
54       Report mknod translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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57       Copyright  ©  2010  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
58       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
59       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
60       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

63       mknod(2)
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65       The full documentation for mknod is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
66       the info and mknod programs are properly installed at  your  site,  the
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69              info coreutils 'mknod invocation'
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71       should give you access to the complete manual.
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75GNU coreutils 8.4                  June 2018                          MKNOD(1)
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