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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/mknod.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/mknod.c b/src/mknod.c index 21498568f..8156fae69 100644 --- a/src/mknod.c +++ b/src/mknod.c @@ -15,17 +15,7 @@ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ -/* Usage: mknod [-m mode] [--mode=mode] path {bcu} major minor - make a block or character device node - mknod [-m mode] [--mode=mode] path p - make a FIFO (named pipe) - - Options: - -m, --mode=mode Set the mode of created nodes to MODE, which is - symbolic as in chmod and uses the umask as a point of - departure. - - David MacKenzie <djm@ai.mit.edu> */ +/* Written by David MacKenzie <djm@ai.mit.edu> */ #include <config.h> #include <stdio.h> @@ -62,7 +52,8 @@ usage (int status) program_name); else { - printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]\n"), program_name); + printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]\n"), + program_name); fputs (_("\ Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.\n\ \n\ @@ -77,7 +68,12 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); fputs (_("\ \n\ -MAJOR MINOR are forbidden for TYPE p, mandatory otherwise. TYPE may be:\n\ +Both MAJOR and MINOR must be specified when TYPE is b, c, or u, and they\n\ +must be omitted when TYPE is p. If MAJOR or MINOR begins with 0x or 0X,\n\ +it is interpreted as hexadecimal; otherwise, if it begins with 0, as octal;\n\ +otherwise, as decimal. TYPE may be:\n\ +"), stdout); + fputs (_("\ \n\ b create a block (buffered) special file\n\ c, u create a character (unbuffered) special file\n\ |