From 42e43db927dac13da0afe6dba39708295eb06021 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Jones Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:13:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Clarify documentation for mknod (RHBZ#582948). --- src/generator.ml | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml index b274411..1075878 100755 --- a/src/generator.ml +++ b/src/generator.ml @@ -2989,6 +2989,14 @@ constants. C and C are the device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block and character special devices. +Note that, just like L, 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, C or C +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"], -- 1.8.3.1