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1 perry 1 MKNOD
2 !!!MKNOD
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 AUTHOR
7 REPORTING BUGS
8 COPYRIGHT
9 SEE ALSO
10 ----
11 !!NAME
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14 mknod - make block or character special files
15 !!SYNOPSIS
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18 __mknod__ [[''OPTION'']... ''NAME TYPE'' [[''MAJOR
19 MINOR'']
20 !!DESCRIPTION
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23 Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.
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26 __-m__, __--mode__=''MODE''
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29 set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw -
30 umask
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33 __--help__
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36 display this help and exit
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39 __--version__
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42 output version information and exit
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45 MAJOR MINOR are forbidden for TYPE p, mandatory otherwise.
46 TYPE may be:
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52 create a block (buffered) special file
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55 c, u
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58 create a character (unbuffered) special file
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61 p
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64 create a FIFO
65 !!AUTHOR
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2 perry 68 Written by David !MacKenzie.
1 perry 69 !!REPORTING BUGS
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72 Report bugs to
73 !!COPYRIGHT
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76 Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
77 This is free software; see the source for copying
78 conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
79 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
80 PURPOSE.
81 !!SEE ALSO
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84 The full documentation for __mknod__ is maintained as a
85 Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __mknod__ programs
86 are properly installed at your site, the
87 command
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90 __info mknod__
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93 should give you access to the complete manual.
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