1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git synced 2024-10-28 13:19:46 +01:00
tldr/pages/linux/mknod.md
2021-04-01 18:54:26 +03:00

20 lines
593 B
Markdown

# mknod
> Create block or character device special files.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mknod>.
- Create a block device:
`sudo mknod {{path/to/device_file}} b {{major_device_number}} {{minor_device_number}}`
- Create a character device:
`sudo mknod {{path/to/device_file}} c {{major_device_number}} {{minor_device_number}}`
- Create a FIFO (queue) device:
`sudo mknod {{path/to/device_file}} p`
- Create a device file with default SELinux security context:
`sudo mknod -Z {{path/to/device_file}} {{type}} {{major_device_number}} {{minor_device_number}}`