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docs: Clarify documentation for mknod (RHBZ#582948).
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Richard Jones
<rjones@redhat.com>
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:13:05 +0000
(20:13 +0100)
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Richard Jones
<rjones@redhat.com>
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:13:05 +0000
(20:13 +0100)
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constants. C<devmajor> and C<devminor> are the
device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block
and character special devices.
device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block
and character special devices.
+Note that, just like L<mknod(2)>, the mode must be bitwise
+OR'd with S_IFBLK, S_IFCHR, S_IFIFO or S_IFSOCK (otherwise this call
+just creates a regular file). These constants are
+available in the standard Linux header files, or you can use
+C<guestfs_mknod_b>, C<guestfs_mknod_c> or C<guestfs_mkfifo>
+which are wrappers around this command which bitwise OR
+in the appropriate constant for you.
+
The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
("mkfifo", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"]), 134, [Optional "mknod"],
The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
("mkfifo", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"]), 134, [Optional "mknod"],