mknod.1 (544B)
1 .TH MKNOD 1 ubase-VERSION 2 .SH NAME 3 \fBmknod\fR - Create a special device file 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 \fBmknod\fR [\fB-m \fImode\fR] \fIname type major minor 6 .SH DESCRIPTION 7 \fBmknod\fR reates a special device file named \fIname\fR 8 with major number \fImajor\fR, and minor number \fIminor\fR. 9 \fItype\fR specifies what kind of special file will be created 10 and must be one of: 11 .TP 12 \fBu|c\fR 13 A character device. 14 .TP 15 \fBb\fR 16 A block device. 17 .SH OPTIONS 18 .TP 19 \fB-m\fR 20 Set the mode of the new file based on the octal value of 21 \fImode\fR. 22 .SH SEE ALSO 23 mknod (2)