Linux/command/mknod - Revision history

Woozle: Woozle moved page mknod (Linux command) to Linux/command/mknod: reorganizing

2018-01-05T20:42:46Z

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2006-04-09T20:21:31Z

Manpages -> manpages

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	{{linuxcmdhdr\|mknod}}[[Category:~~Manpages~~]]		{{linuxcmdhdr\|mknod}}[[Category:manpages]]
	==Questions==		==Questions==
	*What happens if mknod is invoked with just a name and no options, as in "mknod /dev/loop0"?		*What happens if mknod is invoked with just a name and no options, as in "mknod /dev/loop0"?

2006-04-09T20:21:07Z

Mknod (Linux command) moved to mknod (Linux command)

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2006-04-08T02:08:27Z

Description: tweak

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	An exit status of zero indicates success, and a nonzero value indicates failure		An exit status of zero indicates success, and a nonzero value indicates failure

	The term "special file" (not to be confused with "Special File Type") has a technical meaning on Unix: something that can generate or receive data. Usually this corresponds to a physical piece of hardware, e.g., a printer or a disk. (These files are typically created at system-configuration time.) The "[[mknod]]" command is what creates files of this type. Such devices can be read either a character at a time or a "block" (many characters) at a time, hence we say there		The term "special file" (not to be confused with "Special File Type") has a technical meaning on Unix: something that can generate or receive data. Usually this corresponds to a physical piece of hardware, e.g., a printer or a disk. (These files are typically created at system-configuration time.) The "{{linuxcmd\|mknod}}" command is what creates files of this type. Such devices can be read either a character at a time or a "block" (many characters) at a time, hence we say there
	are "block special" files and "character special" files.		are "block special" files and "character special" files.

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	*:create a FIFO		*:create a FIFO

	===Author===		===Author===
	Written by David MacKenzie.		Written by David MacKenzie.

2006-04-08T02:07:45Z

Synopsis: tweak

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	===Synopsis===		===Synopsis===
	*[[mknod]] [''OPTION'']... ''NAME TYPE'' [''MAJOR MINOR'']		* {{linuxcmd\|mknod}} [''OPTION'']... ''NAME TYPE'' [''MAJOR MINOR'']

	===Description===		===Description===
	Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE. TYPE can be a FIFO, character special file, or block special file.		Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE. TYPE can be a FIFO, character special file, or block special file.

2006-04-08T02:07:25Z

Name: tweak

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	==Manpage==		==Manpage==
	===Name===		===Name===
	*[[mknod]] - make block or character special files		*{{linuxcmd\|mknod}} - make block or character special files

	===Synopsis===		===Synopsis===
	*[[mknod]] [''OPTION'']... ''NAME TYPE'' [''MAJOR MINOR'']		*[[mknod]] [''OPTION'']... ''NAME TYPE'' [''MAJOR MINOR'']

2006-04-08T02:06:50Z

Mknod moved to Mknod (Linux command)

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2006-04-08T02:06:37Z

tweaks

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	{{~~linux shell commands~~\|mknod}}[[Category:Manpages]]		{{linuxcmdhdr\|mknod}}[[Category:Manpages]]
	==Questions==		==Questions==
	*What happens if mknod is invoked with just a name and no options, as in "mknod /dev/loop0"?		*What happens if mknod is invoked with just a name and no options, as in "mknod /dev/loop0"?
	==~~Documentation~~==		==Manpage==
	===Name===		===Name===
	*[[mknod]] - make block or character special files		*[[mknod]] - make block or character special files

2006-02-14T22:20:28Z

category: manpages

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	{{linux shell commands\|mknod}}		{{linux shell commands\|mknod}}[[Category:Manpages]]
	==Questions==		==Questions==
	*What happens if mknod is invoked with just a name and no options, as in "mknod /dev/loop0"?		*What happens if mknod is invoked with just a name and no options, as in "mknod /dev/loop0"?

2005-10-14T16:58:55Z

Linux:mknod moved to Mknod

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