MKNOD(1)			 HP-UX 5.0		      MKNOD(1)

     NAME
	  mknod - create special, fifo, files

     SYNOPSIS
	  /etc/mknod name c|b major minor
	  /etc/mknod name p

     HP-UX COMPATABILITY
	  Level:    HP-UX/NUCLEUS

	  Origin:   System III

     DESCRIPTION
	  Mknod makes a directory entry and corresponding i-node for a
	  special  file.  Name is the path name of the special file to
	  be created.

	  In the first synopsis shown, the second argument should be b
	  if  the special file is block-type (discs, tape), or c if it
	  is character-type (other  devices).	Major  and  minor  are
	  numbers specifying the major device type (e.g. device driver
	  number) and the minor	 device	 number	 (typically,  but  not
	  exclusively,	the unit, drive, HP-IB bus address and/or line
	  number).  Major and minor may be specified in hex, octal, or
	  decimal,  using  the C language conventions (decimal numbers
	  must not have a leading zero,	 octal	must  have  a  leading
	  zero,	 and  hex  must	 have a leading zero followed by 'x').
	  Refer to the HP-UX  System  Administrator  Manual  for  your
	  implementation for details on using mknod.

	  Mknod can also  be  used  to	create	fifo's	(named	pipes)
	  (second synopsis shown).

	  A real ID  of	 0  (super-user)  is  required	on  the	 first
	  synopsis  shown  above.  All users may use mknod in the form
	  shown in the second synopsis.

	  The newly created file has a mode of 0666, minus the current
	  setting of the user's umask.

     FILES
	  /etc/devnm

     SEE ALSO
	  lsdev(1), mknod(2), section 4, mknod(5).