• 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/>
• COPYRIGHT
  
  Copyright © 2009 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 (aqmknod invocation(aq
  
  should give you access to the complete manual.

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