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| 1 | .TH MKNOD 8
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | mknod \- create a special file
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | \fBmknod \fIfile\fR [\fBb\fR] [\fBc\fR] \fImajor \fIminor\fR
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| 6 | .br
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| 7 | \fBmknod \fIfile\fR \fBp\fR\fR
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| 8 | .br
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| 9 | .de FL
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| 10 | .TP
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| 11 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 12 | \\$2
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| 13 | ..
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| 14 | .de EX
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| 15 | .TP 20
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| 16 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 17 | # \\$2
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| 18 | ..
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| 19 | .SH EXAMPLES
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| 20 | .EX "mknod /dev/plotter c 7 0" "Create special file for a plotter"
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| 21 | .EX "mknod /dev/fd3 b 2 3" "Create a device for diskette drive 3"
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| 22 | .EX "mknod /tmp/stream p" "Create a named pipe"
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| 23 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 24 | .PP
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| 25 | .I Mknod
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| 26 | creates a special file named
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| 27 | .I file ,
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| 28 | with the indicated major and minor device numbers.
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| 29 | The second argument specifies a block special, a character special, or a
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| 30 | named pipe. Named pipes do not have device numbers so they are omitted.
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| 31 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 32 | .BR mkfifo (1),
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| 33 | .BR mknod (2).
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