.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.28..TH MKNOD "1" "July 2002" "mknod (fileutils) 4.1.10" "User Commands".SH NAMEmknod \- make block or character special files.SH SYNOPSIS.B mknod[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fINAME TYPE \fR[\fIMAJOR MINOR\fR].SH DESCRIPTION.\" Add any additional description here.PPCreate the special file NAME of the given TYPE..PPMandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too..TP\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR=\fIMODE\fRset permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask.TP\fB\-\-help\fRdisplay this help and exit.TP\fB\-\-version\fRoutput version information and exit.PPMAJOR MINOR are forbidden for TYPE p, mandatory otherwise.  TYPE may be:.TPbcreate a block (buffered) special file.TPc, ucreate a character (unbuffered) special file.TPpcreate a FIFO.SH AUTHORWritten by David MacKenzie..SH "REPORTING BUGS"Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>..SH COPYRIGHTCopyright \(co 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc..brThis is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NOwarranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE..SH "SEE ALSO"The full documentation for.B mknodis maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the.B infoand.B mknodprograms are properly installed at your site, the command.IP.B info mknod.PPshould give you access to the complete manual.