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1 /* mknod -- make special files
2 Copyright (C) 90, 91, 1995-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
18 /* Written by David MacKenzie <djm@ai.mit.edu> */
20 #include <config.h>
21 #include <stdio.h>
22 #include <getopt.h>
23 #include <sys/types.h>
25 #include "system.h"
26 #include "error.h"
27 #include "modechange.h"
28 #include "quote.h"
29 #include "xstrtol.h"
31 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
32 #define PROGRAM_NAME "mknod"
34 #define AUTHORS "David MacKenzie"
36 /* The name this program was run with. */
37 char *program_name;
39 static struct option const longopts[] =
41 {"mode", required_argument, NULL, 'm'},
42 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
43 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
44 {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
47 void
48 usage (int status)
50 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
51 fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
52 program_name);
53 else
55 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]\n"),
56 program_name);
57 fputs (_("\
58 Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.\n\
59 \n\
60 "), stdout);
61 fputs (_("\
62 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
63 "), stdout);
64 fputs (_("\
65 -m, --mode=MODE set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask\n\
66 "), stdout);
67 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
68 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
69 fputs (_("\
70 \n\
71 Both MAJOR and MINOR must be specified when TYPE is b, c, or u, and they\n\
72 must be omitted when TYPE is p. If MAJOR or MINOR begins with 0x or 0X,\n\
73 it is interpreted as hexadecimal; otherwise, if it begins with 0, as octal;\n\
74 otherwise, as decimal. TYPE may be:\n\
75 "), stdout);
76 fputs (_("\
77 \n\
78 b create a block (buffered) special file\n\
79 c, u create a character (unbuffered) special file\n\
80 p create a FIFO\n\
81 "), stdout);
82 printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
84 exit (status);
87 int
88 main (int argc, char **argv)
90 mode_t newmode;
91 const char *specified_mode;
92 int optc;
93 int expected_operands;
94 mode_t node_type;
96 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
97 program_name = argv[0];
98 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
99 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
100 textdomain (PACKAGE);
102 atexit (close_stdout);
104 specified_mode = NULL;
106 while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "m:", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
108 switch (optc)
110 case 'm':
111 specified_mode = optarg;
112 break;
113 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
114 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
115 default:
116 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
120 newmode = (S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH);
121 if (specified_mode)
123 struct mode_change *change = mode_compile (specified_mode);
124 if (!change)
125 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("invalid mode"));
126 newmode = mode_adjust (newmode, change, umask (0));
127 free (change);
130 /* If the number of arguments is 0 or 1,
131 or (if it's 2 or more and the second one starts with `p'), then there
132 must be exactly two operands. Otherwise, there must be four. */
133 expected_operands = (argc <= optind
134 || (optind + 1 < argc && argv[optind + 1][0] == 'p')
135 ? 2 : 4);
137 if (argc - optind < expected_operands)
139 if (argc <= optind)
140 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
141 else
142 error (0, 0, _("missing operand after %s"), quote (argv[argc - 1]));
143 if (expected_operands == 4 && argc - optind == 2)
144 fprintf (stderr, "%s\n",
145 _("Special files require major and minor device numbers."));
146 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
149 if (expected_operands < argc - optind)
151 error (0, 0, _("extra operand %s"),
152 quote (argv[optind + expected_operands]));
153 if (expected_operands == 2 && argc - optind == 4)
154 fprintf (stderr, "%s\n",
155 _("Fifos do not have major and minor device numbers."));
156 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
159 /* Only check the first character, to allow mnemonic usage like
160 `mknod /dev/rst0 character 18 0'. */
162 switch (argv[optind + 1][0])
164 case 'b': /* `block' or `buffered' */
165 #ifndef S_IFBLK
166 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("block special files not supported"));
167 #else
168 node_type = S_IFBLK;
169 #endif
170 goto block_or_character;
172 case 'c': /* `character' */
173 case 'u': /* `unbuffered' */
174 #ifndef S_IFCHR
175 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("character special files not supported"));
176 #else
177 node_type = S_IFCHR;
178 #endif
179 goto block_or_character;
181 block_or_character:
183 char const *s_major = argv[optind + 2];
184 char const *s_minor = argv[optind + 3];
185 uintmax_t i_major, i_minor;
186 dev_t device;
188 if (xstrtoumax (s_major, NULL, 0, &i_major, NULL) != LONGINT_OK
189 || i_major != (major_t) i_major)
190 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
191 _("invalid major device number %s"), quote (s_major));
193 if (xstrtoumax (s_minor, NULL, 0, &i_minor, NULL) != LONGINT_OK
194 || i_minor != (minor_t) i_minor)
195 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
196 _("invalid minor device number %s"), quote (s_minor));
198 device = makedev (i_major, i_minor);
199 #ifdef NODEV
200 if (device == NODEV)
201 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("invalid device %s %s"), s_major, s_minor);
202 #endif
204 if (mknod (argv[optind], newmode | node_type, device) != 0)
205 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "%s", quote (argv[optind]));
207 break;
209 case 'p': /* `pipe' */
210 #ifndef S_ISFIFO
211 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("fifo files not supported"));
212 #else
213 if (mkfifo (argv[optind], newmode))
214 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "%s", quote (argv[optind]));
215 #endif
216 break;
218 default:
219 error (0, 0, _("invalid device type %s"), quote (argv[optind + 1]));
220 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
223 /* Perform an explicit chmod to ensure the file mode permission bits
224 are set as specified. This extra step is necessary in some cases
225 when the containing directory has a default ACL. */
227 if (specified_mode)
229 if (chmod (argv[optind], newmode))
230 error (0, errno, _("cannot set permissions of %s"),
231 quote (argv[optind]));
234 exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);