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diff --git a/man2/mknod.2 b/man2/mknod.2 index 0925aea..dd7905c 100644 --- a/man2/mknod.2 +++ b/man2/mknod.2 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ .\" Modified 2003-04-23 by Michael Kerrisk .\" Modified 2004-06-23 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> .\" -.TH mknod 2 2023-03-31 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH mknod 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME mknod, mknodat \- create a special or ordinary file .SH LIBRARY @@ -18,21 +18,21 @@ Standard C library .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <sys/stat.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int mknod(const char *" pathname ", mode_t " mode ", dev_t " dev ); -.PP +.P .BR "#include <fcntl.h> " "/* Definition of AT_* constants */" .B #include <sys/stat.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int mknodat(int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ", mode_t " mode \ ", dev_t " dev ); .fi -.PP +.P .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE -.PP +.P .BR mknod (): .nf _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ with attributes specified by .I mode and .IR dev . -.PP +.P The .I mode argument specifies both the file mode to use and the type of node @@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ to be created. It should be a combination (using bitwise OR) of one of the file types listed below and zero or more of the file mode bits listed in .BR inode (7). -.PP +.P The file mode is modified by the process's .I umask in the usual way: in the absence of a default ACL, the permissions of the created node are .RI ( mode " & \[ti]" umask ). -.PP +.P The file type must be one of .BR S_IFREG , .BR S_IFCHR , @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ special file, block special file, FIFO (named pipe), or UNIX domain socket, respectively. (Zero file type is equivalent to type .BR S_IFREG .) -.PP +.P If the file type is .B S_IFCHR or @@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ special file may be useful to build the value for .IR dev ); otherwise it is ignored. -.PP +.P If .I pathname already exists, or is a symbolic link, this call fails with an .B EEXIST error. -.PP +.P The newly created node will be owned by the effective user ID of the process. If the directory containing the node has the set-group-ID @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ The system call operates in exactly the same way as .BR mknod (), except for the differences described here. -.PP +.P If the pathname given in .I pathname is relative, then it is interpreted relative to the directory @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ referred to by the file descriptor the calling process, as is done by .BR mknod () for a relative pathname). -.PP +.P If .I pathname is relative and @@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ then is interpreted relative to the current working directory of the calling process (like .BR mknod ()). -.PP +.P If .I pathname is absolute, then .I dirfd is ignored. -.PP +.P See .BR openat (2) for an explanation of the need for @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ However, nowadays one should never use for this purpose; one should use .BR mkfifo (3), a function especially defined for this purpose. -.PP +.P Under Linux, .BR mknod () cannot be used to create directories. |