Manual page for MKNOD(8)
mknod - build special file
SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/mknod
name
[
c
] [
b
]
major
minor
DESCRIPTION
Mknod
makes a special file.
The first argument is the
name
of the entry.
The second is
b
if the special file is block-type (disks, tape) or
c
if it is character-type (other devices).
The last two arguments are
numbers specifying the
major
device type
and the
minor
device (e.g. unit, drive, or line number).
The assignment of major device numbers is specific to each system.
They have to be dug out of the
system source file
conf.c.
SEE ALSO
mknod(2), makedev(8)
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Last modified 11/5/97
