MKNOD(2) MKNOD(2)
NAME
mknod - make a directory, or a special or ordinary file
SYNOPSIS
int mknod (path, mode, dev)
char *path;
int mode, dev;
DESCRIPTION
mknod creates a new file named by the path name pointed to
by path. The mode of the new file is initialized from mode.
Where the value of mode is interpreted as follows:
0170000 file type; one of the following:
0010000 fifo special
0020000 character special
0040000 directory
0060000 block special
0100000 or 0000000 ordinary file
0004000 set user ID on execution
00020#0 set group ID on execution if # is 7, 5, 3, or 1
enable mandatory file/record locking if #
is 6, 4, 2, or 0
0001000 save text image after execution
0000777 access permissions; constructed from the
following:
0000400 read by owner
0000200 write by owner
0000100 execute (search on directory) by owner
0000070 read, write, execute (search) by group
0000007 read, write, execute (search) by others
The owner ID of the file is set to the effective user ID of
the process. The group ID of the file is set to the
effective group ID of the process.
Values of mode other than those above are undefined and
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should not be used. The low-order 9 bits of mode are
modified by the process's file mode creation mask: all bits
set in the process's file mode creation mask are cleared
[see umask(2)]. If mode indicates a block or character
special file, dev is a configuration-dependent specification
of a character or block I/O device. If mode does not
indicate a block special or character special device, dev is
ignored.
mknod may be invoked only by the super-user for file types
other than FIFO special.
mknod will fail and the new file will not be created if one
or more of the following are true:
[EPERM] The effective user ID of the process is not
super-user.
[ENOTDIR] A component of the path prefix is not a
directory.
[ENOENT] A component of the path prefix does not
exist.
[EROFS] The directory in which the file is to be
created is located on a read-only file
system.
[EEXIST] The named file exists.
[EFAULT] Path points outside the allocated address
space of the process.
[ENOSPC] No space is available.
[EINTR] A signal was caught during the mknod system
call.
[ENOLINK] Path points to a remote machine and the link
to that machine is no longer active.
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[EMULTIHOP] Components of path require hopping to
multiple remote machines.
SEE ALSO
chmod(2), exec(2), umask(2), fs(4).
mkdir(1) in the User's Reference Manual.
DIAGNOSTICS
Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.
Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to
indicate the error.
WARNING
If mknod is used to create a device in a remote directory
(Remote File Sharing), the major and minor device numbers
are interpreted by the server.
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