1 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
3 * mknod implementation for busybox
5 * Copyright (C) 2003 Manuel Novoa III <mjn3@codepoet.org>
7 * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
10 //config: bool "mknod (4.6 kb)"
13 //config: mknod is used to create FIFOs or block/character special
14 //config: files with the specified names.
16 //applet:IF_MKNOD(APPLET_NOEXEC(mknod, mknod, BB_DIR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP, mknod))
18 //kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_MKNOD) += mknod.o
20 /* BB_AUDIT SUSv3 N/A -- Matches GNU behavior. */
22 //usage:#define mknod_trivial_usage
23 //usage: "[-m MODE] " IF_SELINUX("[-Z] ") "NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]"
24 //usage:#define mknod_full_usage "\n\n"
25 //usage: "Create a special file (block, character, or pipe)\n"
26 //usage: "\n -m MODE Creation mode (default a=rw)"
28 //usage: "\n -Z Set security context"
31 //usage: "\n b Block device"
32 //usage: "\n c or u Character device"
33 //usage: "\n p Named pipe (MAJOR MINOR must be omitted)"
35 //usage:#define mknod_example_usage
36 //usage: "$ mknod /dev/fd0 b 2 0\n"
37 //usage: "$ mknod -m 644 /tmp/pipe p\n"
40 # include <sys/sysmacros.h> // For makedev
44 #include "libcoreutils/coreutils.h"
46 /* This is a NOEXEC applet. Be very careful! */
48 static const char modes_chars
[] ALIGN1
= { 'p', 'c', 'u', 'b', 0, 1, 1, 2 };
49 static const mode_t modes_cubp
[] = { S_IFIFO
, S_IFCHR
, S_IFBLK
};
51 int mknod_main(int argc
, char **argv
) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE
;
52 int mknod_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM
, char **argv
)
56 const char *type
, *arg
;
58 mode
= getopt_mk_fifo_nod(argv
);
62 if (!argv
[0] || !argv
[1])
64 type
= strchr(modes_chars
, argv
[1][0]);
68 mode
|= modes_cubp
[(int)(type
[4])];
73 if (!argv
[2] || !argv
[3])
75 /* Autodetect what the system supports; these macros should
76 * optimize out to two constants. */
77 dev
= makedev(xatoul_range(argv
[2], 0, major(UINT_MAX
)),
78 xatoul_range(argv
[3], 0, minor(UINT_MAX
)));
84 if (mknod(argv
[0], mode
, dev
) != 0) {
85 bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(argv
[0]);