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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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