The file system node
Fa path
is created with the file type and access permissions specified in
Fa mode .
The access permissions are modified by the process's umask value.
If
Fa mode
indicates a block or character special file,
Fa dev
is a configuration dependent specification denoting a particular device
on the system.
Otherwise,
Fa dev
is ignored.
The
mknod ();
system call
requires super-user privileges.
RETURN VALUES
Rv -std mknod
ERRORS
The
mknod ();
system call
will fail and the file will be not created if:
Bq Er ENOTDIR
A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters,
or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
Bq Er ENOENT
A component of the path prefix does not exist.
Bq Er EACCES
Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
Bq Er ELOOP
Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
Bq Er EPERM
The process's effective user ID is not super-user.
Bq Er EIO
An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry or allocating the inode.
Bq Er ENOSPC
The directory in which the entry for the new node is being placed
cannot be extended because there is no space left on the file
system containing the directory.
Bq Er ENOSPC
There are no free inodes on the file system on which the
node is being created.
Bq Er EDQUOT
The directory in which the entry for the new node
is being placed cannot be extended because the
user's quota of disk blocks on the file system
containing the directory has been exhausted.
Bq Er EDQUOT
The user's quota of inodes on the file system on
which the node is being created has been exhausted.
Bq Er EROFS
The named file resides on a read-only file system.
Bq Er EEXIST
The named file exists.
Bq Er EFAULT
The
Fa path
argument
points outside the process's allocated address space.
Bq Er EINVAL
Creating anything else than a block or character special
file (or a
whiteout
is not supported.
