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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MKNOD 2 "2 July 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: mknod \- make a special file
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .ft B
        !             8: mknod(path, mode, dev)
        !             9: char *path;
        !            10: int mode, dev;
        !            11: .fi
        !            12: .ft R
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Mknod
        !            15: creates a new file
        !            16: whose name is
        !            17: .I path.
        !            18: The mode of the new file
        !            19: (including special file bits)
        !            20: is initialized from
        !            21: .IR mode .
        !            22: (The protection part of the mode
        !            23: is modified by the process's mode mask; see
        !            24: .IR umask (2)).
        !            25: The first block pointer of the i-node
        !            26: is initialized from
        !            27: .I dev 
        !            28: and is used to specify which device the special file
        !            29: refers to.
        !            30: .PP
        !            31: If mode indicates a block or character special file,
        !            32: .I dev
        !            33: is a configuration dependent specification of a character or block
        !            34: I/O device.  If
        !            35: .I mode
        !            36: does not indicate a block special or character special device,
        !            37: .I dev
        !            38: is ignored.
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: .I Mknod
        !            41: may be invoked only by the super-user.
        !            42: .SH "RETURN VALUE
        !            43: Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.
        !            44: Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and \fIerrno\fP
        !            45: is set to indicate the error.
        !            46: .SH ERRORS
        !            47: .I Mknod
        !            48: will fail and the file mode will be unchanged if:
        !            49: .TP 15
        !            50: [EPERM]
        !            51: The process's effective user ID is not super-user.
        !            52: .TP 15
        !            53: [EPERM]
        !            54: The pathname contains a character with the high-order bit set.
        !            55: .TP 15
        !            56: [ENOTDIR]
        !            57: A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
        !            58: .TP 15
        !            59: [ENOENT]
        !            60: A component of the path prefix does not exist.
        !            61: .TP 15
        !            62: [EROFS]
        !            63: The named file resides on a read-only file system.
        !            64: .TP 15
        !            65: [EEXIST]
        !            66: The named file exists.
        !            67: .TP 15
        !            68: [EFAULT]
        !            69: .I Path
        !            70: points outside the process's allocated address space.
        !            71: .TP 15
        !            72: [ELOOP]
        !            73: Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
        !            74: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            75: chmod(2), stat(2), umask(2)

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