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NAME [Toc] [Back]
mknod.h - header file of macros for handling device numbers
SYNOPSIS [Toc] [Back]
#include <sys/mknod.h>
DESCRIPTION [Toc] [Back]
The header file <sys/mknod.h> defines macros to create and interpret
device identification numbers for use with the mknod() system call
(see mknod(2)).
The use of these macros is architecture-dependent. See the System
Administration Manual for your system for information on how to select
major and minor device numbers.
mknod.h contains the macro
dev_t makedev(int major, int minor)
which packs the major and minor components into a device
identification number suitable for the dev argument of mknod(), and
the two macros:
int major(dev_t dev)
int minor(dev_t dev)
which extract the major and minor number components, respectively,
from a device identification number, dev.
The macro MINOR_FORMAT is a printf() specification (see printf(3S))
that prints the minor number in the format best suited to the
particular implementation; it is used by the long format of the ls
command (see ls(1)) to show the minor numbers for device files.
The base of the number is indicated in the same way as in the C
programming language: no leading zero for decimal, leading zero for
octal, and leading 0x for hexadecimal.
SEE ALSO [Toc] [Back]
ls(1), mknod(1M), mknod(2), printf(3S).
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