10.57.12 mknod ¶
POSIX specification:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/mknod.html
Gnulib module: mknod
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
- This function requires super-user privileges to create a fifo:
FreeBSD 7.2, NetBSD 8.0, OpenBSD 7.5.
- This function mishandles trailing slash on some platforms:
FreeBSD 7.2, Solaris 9.
- This function does not handle the
S_IFIFO flag on some platforms:
macOS 14, DragonFly 6.0,
Haiku.
- This function is missing on some platforms; however, the replacement
always fails with
ENOSYS:
mingw, MSVC 14.
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
- Use of this function for anything except fifos is not portable,
generally requiring super-user privileges and knowledge of supported
device numbers.
- If the argument exists and is a directory, this function fails with
EISDIR instead of the correct EEXIST:
HP-UX 11.11.