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1.1     ! root        1: .th MKNOD II 8/5/73
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: mknod \*- make a directory or a special file
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: (mknod = 14.; not in assembler)
        !             6: .br
        !             7: .ft B
        !             8: sys  mknod; name; mode; addr
        !             9: .s3
        !            10: mknod(name, mode, addr)
        !            11: .br
        !            12: char *name;
        !            13: .ft R
        !            14: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !            15: .it Mknod
        !            16: creates a new file
        !            17: whose name is the null-terminated string pointed
        !            18: to by
        !            19: .it name.
        !            20: The mode of the new file
        !            21: (including directory and special file bits)
        !            22: is initialized from
        !            23: .it mode.
        !            24: The first physical address of the file
        !            25: is initialized from
        !            26: .it addr.
        !            27: Note that in the case of a directory,
        !            28: .it addr
        !            29: should be zero.
        !            30: In the case of a special file,
        !            31: .it addr
        !            32: specifies which special file.
        !            33: .s3
        !            34: .it Mknod
        !            35: may be invoked only by the super-user.
        !            36: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !            37: mkdir(I), mknod(I), fs(V)
        !            38: .sh DIAGNOSTICS
        !            39: Error bit (c-bit)
        !            40: is set if the file already exists
        !            41: or if the user is not the super-user.
        !            42: From C, a \*-1 value indicates an error.

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