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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)mknod.8     6.2 (Berkeley) 5/19/86
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH MKNOD 8 "May 19, 1986"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: mknod \- build special file
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B /etc/mknod
                     13: name
                     14: [
                     15: .B c
                     16: ] [
                     17: .B b
                     18: ]
                     19: major
                     20: minor
                     21: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     22: .I Mknod
                     23: makes a special file.
                     24: The first argument is the
                     25: .I name
                     26: of the entry.
                     27: The second is
                     28: .B b
                     29: if the special file is block-type (disks, tape) or
                     30: .B c
                     31: if it is character-type (other devices).
                     32: The last two arguments are
                     33: numbers specifying the
                     34: .I major
                     35: device type
                     36: and the
                     37: .I minor
                     38: device (e.g. unit, drive, or line number).
                     39: .PP
                     40: The assignment of major device numbers is specific to each system.
                     41: They have to be dug out of the
                     42: system source file
                     43: .I conf.c.
                     44: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     45: mknod(2), makedev(8)

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