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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MKNOD 2
        !             2: .CT 2 sa
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: mknod \(mi make a directory or a special file
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .B int mknod(name, mode, addr)
        !             8: .B char *name;
        !             9: .nf
        !            10: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            11: .I Mknod
        !            12: creates a new file
        !            13: whose name is the null-terminated string pointed
        !            14: to by
        !            15: .IR name .
        !            16: The mode of the new file
        !            17: (including directory and special file bits)
        !            18: is initialized from
        !            19: .IR mode .
        !            20: (The protection part of the mode
        !            21: is modified by the process's mode mask; see
        !            22: .IR stat (2)
        !            23: and
        !            24: .IR umask (2)).
        !            25: The first block pointer of the inode
        !            26: is initialized from
        !            27: .IR addr .
        !            28: For ordinary files and directories
        !            29: .I addr
        !            30: is normally zero.
        !            31: For a special file,
        !            32: .I addr
        !            33: is the device number;
        !            34: see
        !            35: .IR mknod (8)
        !            36: and the writeups in section 4.
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: .I Mknod
        !            39: may be invoked only by the super-user.
        !            40: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            41: .IR open (2)
        !            42: for
        !            43: .IR creat ,
        !            44: .IR mkdir (2), 
        !            45: .IR stat (2),
        !            46: .IR umask (2),
        !            47: .IR filsys (5),
        !            48: .IR mknod (8)
        !            49: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            50: .BR EEXIST ,
        !            51: .BR EFAULT ,
        !            52: .BR EIO ,
        !            53: .BR ELOOP ,
        !            54: .BR ENOENT ,
        !            55: .BR ENOTDIR ,
        !            56: .BR EPERM ,
        !            57: .BR EROFS

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