/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: * * mknod.c - make block or character special file * * Copyright 2012 Elie De Brauwer * * Not in SUSv3. USE_MKNOD(NEWTOY(mknod, "<2>4", TOYFLAG_BIN)) config MKNOD bool "mknod" default y help usage: mknod NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR] Create a special file NAME with a given type, possible types are b create a block device with the given MAJOR/MINOR c or u create a character device with the given MAJOR/MINOR p create a named pipe ignoring MAJOR/MINOR */ #include "toys.h" static const char modes_char[] = {'p', 'c', 'u', 'b'}; static const mode_t modes[] = {S_IFIFO, S_IFCHR, S_IFCHR, S_IFBLK}; void mknod_main(void) { int major=0, minor=0, type; char * tmp; int mode = 0660; tmp = strchr(modes_char, toys.optargs[1][0]); if (!tmp) perror_exit("unknown special device type %c", toys.optargs[1][0]); type = modes[tmp-modes_char]; if (type == S_IFCHR || type == S_IFBLK) { if (toys.optc != 4) perror_exit("creating a block/char device requires major/minor"); major = atoi(toys.optargs[2]); minor = atoi(toys.optargs[3]); } if (mknod(toys.optargs[0], mode | type, makedev(major, minor))) perror_exit("mknod %s failed", toys.optargs[0]); }