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MKNOD(1)			 User Commands			      MKNOD(1)

NAME
       mknod - make block or character special files

SYNOPSIS
       mknod [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]

DESCRIPTION
       Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.

       Mandatory  arguments  to	 long  options are mandatory for short options
       too.

       -m, --mode=MODE
	      set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask

       -Z, --context=CTX
	      set the SELinux security context of NAME to CTX

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       Both MAJOR and MINOR must be specified when TYPE is b,  c,  or  u,  and
       they  must be omitted when TYPE is p.  If MAJOR or MINOR begins with 0x
       or 0X, it is interpreted as hexadecimal; otherwise, if it  begins  with
       0, as octal; otherwise, as decimal.  TYPE may be:

       b      create a block (buffered) special file

       c, u   create a character (unbuffered) special file

       p      create a FIFO

       NOTE:  your  shell  may	have  its  own version of mknod, which usually
       supersedes the version described here.  Please refer  to	 your  shell's
       documentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report mknod bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report mknod translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

       Packaged by Gentoo (8.21 (p1.0))
       Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       License	    GPLv3+:	GNU	GPL	version	    3	  or	 later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       mknod(2)

       The full documentation for mknod is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the  info  and  mknod programs are properly installed at your site, the
       command

	      info coreutils 'mknod invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.21		 February 2013			      MKNOD(1)
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