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mknod(1M)		System Administration Commands		     mknod(1M)

NAME
       mknod - make a special file

SYNOPSIS
       mknod name b major minor

       mknod name c major minor

       mknod name p

DESCRIPTION
       mknod makes a directory entry for a special file.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       b	Create a block-type special file.

       c	Create a character-type special file.

       p	Create a FIFO (named pipe).

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       major	The major device number.

       minor	The  minor  device number; can be either decimal or octal. The
		assignment of major device numbers is specific to each system.
		You must be the super-user to use this form of the command.

       name	A special file to be created.

USAGE
       See  largefile(5)  for  the  description	 of the behavior of mknod when
       encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2**31 bytes).

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcsu			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       ftp(1), in.ftpd(1M), mknod(2), symlink(2), attributes(5), largefile(5)

NOTES
       If mknod(2) is used to create a device, the major and minor device num‐
       bers are always interpreted by the kernel running on that machine.

       With  the  advent  of physical device naming, it would be preferable to
       create a symbolic link to the physical  name  of	 the  device  (in  the
       /devices subtree) rather than using mknod.

SunOS 5.10			  16 Sep 1996			     mknod(1M)

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