mknod(1)              MPE/iX Shell and Utilities              mknod(1)
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  NAME
       mknod -- build a special file

  SYNOPSIS
       mknod pathname b major minor
       mknod pathname c major minor
       mknod pathname p

  DESCRIPTION
       mknod creates a special file with the given pathname. b indicates
       block-special files (for example, disks and tapes), while c indi-
       cates character-special files (for example, printers and other
       devices).  major gives the major device type and minor the minor
       device type; device types can be either octal or decimal numbers.
       Device type must be obtained from the system source file conf.c.

       The final form of mknod in the SYNOPSIS section (p) creates a
       FIFO special file (that is, a named pipe).

  DIAGNOSTICS
       Possible exit status values are:

       0  Successful completion.

       1  An error occurred.

  Messages

       Message:  block special file "filename": system error
       Cause:    See syserror(3).
       Action:   See syserror(3).

       Message:  character special file "filename": system error
       Cause:    See syserror(3).
       Action:   See syserror(3).

       Message:  fifo file "filename: system error
       Cause:    See syserror(3).
       Action:   See syserror(3).

       Message:  Missing major/minor device
       Cause:    You failed to specify the major or minor device type
                 argument for a character or block special file.
       Action:   Provide the missing argument.

  PORTABILITY
       All UNIX systems.  Within POSIX, mknod has been superseded by
       mkfifo for pipes.  The POSIX family of standards have not yet
       designed an alternative to mknod for special files.

  MPE/iX NOTES
       For information on how the current MPE/iX implementation may
       affect the operation of this utility, see Appendix A, MPE/iX

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  mknod(1)              MPE/iX Shell and Utilities              mknod(1)
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       Implementation Considerations.

  SEE ALSO
       mkfifo(1)

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