1 /* mknod -- make special files
2 Copyright (C) 90, 91, 1995-2003 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)
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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 /* Written by David MacKenzie <djm@ai.mit.edu> */
23 #include <sys/types.h>
27 #include "modechange.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. */
39 static struct option
const longopts
[] =
41 {"mode", required_argument
, NULL
, 'm'},
42 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL
},
43 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL
},
51 fprintf (stderr
, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
55 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]\n"),
58 Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.\n\
62 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
65 -m, --mode=MODE set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask\n\
67 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
68 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
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\
78 b create a block (buffered) special file\n\
79 c, u create a character (unbuffered) special file\n\
82 printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT
);
88 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
91 struct mode_change
*change
;
92 const char *specified_mode
;
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)
113 specified_mode
= optarg
;
115 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR
;
116 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME
, AUTHORS
);
118 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
122 newmode
= (S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
| S_IRGRP
| S_IWGRP
| S_IROTH
| S_IWOTH
);
125 newmode
&= ~ umask (0);
126 change
= mode_compile (specified_mode
, 0);
127 if (change
== MODE_INVALID
)
128 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("invalid mode"));
129 else if (change
== MODE_MEMORY_EXHAUSTED
)
131 newmode
= mode_adjust (newmode
, change
);
134 if (argc
- optind
!= 2 && argc
- optind
!= 4)
137 if (argc
- optind
< 2)
138 msg
= _("too few arguments");
139 else if (argc
- optind
> 4)
140 msg
= _("too many arguments");
142 msg
= _("wrong number of arguments");
143 error (0, 0, "%s", msg
);
144 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
147 /* Only check the first character, to allow mnemonic usage like
148 `mknod /dev/rst0 character 18 0'. */
150 switch (argv
[optind
+ 1][0])
152 case 'b': /* `block' or `buffered' */
154 error (4, 0, _("block special files not supported"));
158 goto block_or_character
;
160 case 'c': /* `character' */
161 case 'u': /* `unbuffered' */
163 error (4, 0, _("character special files not supported"));
167 goto block_or_character
;
170 if (argc
- optind
!= 4)
173 when creating special files, major and minor device\n\
174 numbers must be specified"));
175 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
179 char const *s_major
= argv
[optind
+ 2];
180 char const *s_minor
= argv
[optind
+ 3];
181 uintmax_t i_major
, i_minor
;
184 if (xstrtoumax (s_major
, NULL
, 0, &i_major
, NULL
) != LONGINT_OK
185 || i_major
!= (major_t
) i_major
)
186 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
187 _("invalid major device number %s"), quote (s_major
));
189 if (xstrtoumax (s_minor
, NULL
, 0, &i_minor
, NULL
) != LONGINT_OK
190 || i_minor
!= (minor_t
) i_minor
)
191 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
192 _("invalid minor device number %s"), quote (s_minor
));
194 device
= makedev (i_major
, i_minor
);
197 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("invalid device %s %s"), s_major
, s_minor
);
200 if (mknod (argv
[optind
], newmode
| node_type
, device
) != 0)
201 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, "%s", quote (argv
[optind
]));
205 case 'p': /* `pipe' */
207 error (4, 0, _("fifo files not supported"));
209 if (argc
- optind
!= 2)
212 major and minor device numbers may not be specified for fifo files"));
213 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
215 if (mkfifo (argv
[optind
], newmode
))
216 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, "%s", quote (argv
[optind
]));
221 error (0, 0, _("invalid device type %s"), quote (argv
[optind
+ 1]));
222 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
225 /* Perform an explicit chmod to ensure the file mode permission bits
226 are set as specified. This extra step is necessary in some cases
227 when the containing directory has a default ACL. */
231 if (chmod (argv
[optind
], newmode
))
232 error (0, errno
, _("cannot set permissions of %s"),
233 quote (argv
[optind
]));