MKNOD(2) MKNOD(2)
NAME
mknod - make a directory or a special file
SYNOPSIS
int mknod(name, mode, addr)
char *name;
DESCRIPTION
Mknod creates a new file whose name is the null-terminated
string pointed to by name. The mode of the new file (includ-
ing directory and special file bits) is initialized from
mode. (The protection part of the mode is modified by the
process's mode mask; see stat(2) and umask(2)). The first
block pointer of the inode is initialized from addr. For
ordinary files and directories addr is normally zero. For a
special file, addr is the device number; see mknod(8) and
the writeups in section 4.
Mknod may be invoked only by the super-user.
SEE ALSO
open(2) for creat, mkdir(2), stat(2), umask(2), filsys(5),
mknod(8)
DIAGNOSTICS
EEXIST, EFAULT, EIO, ELOOP, ENOENT, ENOTDIR, EPERM, EROFS