1 /* mknod -- make special files
2 Copyright (C) 90, 91, 1995-2001 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 /* Usage: mknod [-m mode] [--mode=mode] path {bcu} major minor
19 make a block or character device node
20 mknod [-m mode] [--mode=mode] path p
21 make a FIFO (named pipe)
24 -m, --mode=mode Set the mode of created nodes to MODE, which is
25 symbolic as in chmod and uses the umask as a point of
28 David MacKenzie <djm@ai.mit.edu> */
33 #include <sys/types.h>
37 #include "modechange.h"
41 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
42 #define PROGRAM_NAME "mknod"
44 #define AUTHORS "David MacKenzie"
46 /* The name this program was run with. */
49 static struct option
const longopts
[] =
51 {"mode", required_argument
, NULL
, 'm'},
52 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL
},
53 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL
},
61 fprintf (stderr
, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
65 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]\n"), program_name
);
67 Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.\n\
71 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
74 -m, --mode=MODE set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask\n\
76 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
77 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
80 MAJOR MINOR are forbidden for TYPE p, mandatory otherwise. TYPE may be:\n\
82 b create a block (buffered) special file\n\
83 c, u create a character (unbuffered) special file\n\
86 puts (_("\nReport bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>."));
92 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
95 struct mode_change
*change
;
96 const char *specified_mode
;
100 program_name
= argv
[0];
101 setlocale (LC_ALL
, "");
102 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
103 textdomain (PACKAGE
);
105 atexit (close_stdout
);
107 specified_mode
= NULL
;
109 while ((optc
= getopt_long (argc
, argv
, "m:", longopts
, NULL
)) != -1)
116 specified_mode
= optarg
;
118 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR
;
119 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME
, AUTHORS
);
125 newmode
= (S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
| S_IRGRP
| S_IWGRP
| S_IROTH
| S_IWOTH
);
128 newmode
&= ~ umask (0);
129 change
= mode_compile (specified_mode
, 0);
130 if (change
== MODE_INVALID
)
131 error (1, 0, _("invalid mode"));
132 else if (change
== MODE_MEMORY_EXHAUSTED
)
134 newmode
= mode_adjust (newmode
, change
);
137 if (argc
- optind
!= 2 && argc
- optind
!= 4)
140 if (argc
- optind
< 2)
141 msg
= _("too few arguments");
142 else if (argc
- optind
> 4)
143 msg
= _("too many arguments");
145 msg
= _("wrong number of arguments");
146 error (0, 0, "%s", msg
);
150 /* Only check the first character, to allow mnemonic usage like
151 `mknod /dev/rst0 character 18 0'. */
153 switch (argv
[optind
+ 1][0])
155 case 'b': /* `block' or `buffered' */
157 error (4, 0, _("block special files not supported"));
161 goto block_or_character
;
163 case 'c': /* `character' */
164 case 'u': /* `unbuffered' */
166 error (4, 0, _("character special files not supported"));
170 goto block_or_character
;
173 if (argc
- optind
!= 4)
176 when creating special files, major and minor device\n\
177 numbers must be specified"));
182 char const *s_major
= argv
[optind
+ 2];
183 char const *s_minor
= argv
[optind
+ 3];
184 uintmax_t i_major
, i_minor
;
187 if (xstrtoumax (s_major
, NULL
, 0, &i_major
, NULL
) != LONGINT_OK
188 || i_major
!= (major_t
) i_major
)
189 error (1, 0, _("invalid major device number %s"), quote (s_major
));
191 if (xstrtoumax (s_minor
, NULL
, 0, &i_minor
, NULL
) != LONGINT_OK
192 || i_minor
!= (minor_t
) i_minor
)
193 error (1, 0, _("invalid minor device number %s"), quote (s_minor
));
195 device
= makedev (i_major
, i_minor
);
198 error (1, 0, _("invalid device %s %s"), s_major
, s_minor
);
201 if (mknod (argv
[optind
], newmode
| node_type
, device
) != 0)
202 error (1, errno
, "%s", quote (argv
[optind
]));
206 case 'p': /* `pipe' */
208 error (4, 0, _("fifo files not supported"));
210 if (argc
- optind
!= 2)
213 major and minor device numbers may not be specified for fifo files"));
216 if (mkfifo (argv
[optind
], newmode
))
217 error (1, errno
, "%s", quote (argv
[optind
]));
222 error (0, 0, "invalid device type %s", quote (argv
[optind
+ 1]));
226 /* Perform an explicit chmod to ensure the file mode permission bits
227 are set as specified. This extra step is necessary in some cases
228 when the containing directory has a default ACL. */
232 if (chmod (argv
[optind
], newmode
))
233 error (0, errno
, _("cannot set permissions of %s"),
234 quote (argv
[optind
]));