Manual: rust-mknod

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NAME
       mknod - Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.

SYNOPSIS
       mknod [-m|--mode] [-Z ] [--context] [-h|--help] [-V|--version]   [major] [minor]

DESCRIPTION
       Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.

OPTIONS
       -m, --mode 
	      set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask

       -Z     set SELinux security context of each created directory to the default type

       --context[=]
	      like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX

       -h, --help
	      Print help

       -V, --version
	      Print version

        name of the new file

        type of the new file (b, c, u or p)

       [major]
	      major file type

       [minor]
	      minor file type

EXTRA
       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.	 -m, --mode=MODE set file permission bits to
       MODE, not a=rw - umask

       Both  MAJOR and MINOR must be specified when TYPE is b, c, or u, and they must be omitted when TYPE is p. If MAJOR or
       MINOR begins with 0x or 0X, it is interpreted as hexadecimal; otherwise, if it begins with 0, as octal; otherwise, as
       decimal. TYPE may be:

       - b create a block (buffered) special file - c, u create a character (unbuffered) special file - p create a FIFO

       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of mknod, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer
       to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

							 2026-04-16						    MKNOD(1)