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Correct the most glaring errors. I have a feeling there are some

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John Polstra 1997-04-02 01:42:07 +00:00
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lib/libc/sys/mknod.2
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.Ft int
.Fn mknod "const char *path" "mode_t mode" "dev_t dev"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The device special file
The filesystem node
.Fa path
is created with the major and minor
device numbers extracted from
.Fa mode.
The access permissions of
.Fa path
are descendant from the
.Xr umask 2
of the parent process.
is created with the file type and access permissions specified in
.Fa mode .
The access permissions are modified by the process's umask value.
.Pp
If
.Fa mode
indicates a block or character special file,
.Fa dev
is a configuration dependent specification of a character or block
I/O device and the superblock of the device. If
.Fa mode
does not indicate a block special or character special device,
is a configuration dependent specification denoting a particular device
on the system.
Otherwise,
.Fa dev
is ignored.
.Pp