(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)
posix_mknod — Create a special or ordinary file (POSIX.1)
posix_mknod ( string $pathname , int $mode [, int $major = 0 [, int $minor = 0 ]] ) : bool
Creates a special or ordinary file.
pathname
The file to create
mode
This parameter is constructed by a bitwise OR between file type (one of the following constants: POSIX_S_IFREG
, POSIX_S_IFCHR
, POSIX_S_IFBLK
, POSIX_S_IFIFO
or POSIX_S_IFSOCK
) and permissions.
major
The major device kernel identifier (required to pass when using S_IFCHR
or S_IFBLK
).
minor
The minor device kernel identifier.
Returns true
on success or false
on failure.
Example #1 A posix_mknod() example
<?php $file = '/tmp/tmpfile'; // file name $type = POSIX_S_IFBLK; // file type $permissions = 0777; // octal $major = 1; $minor = 8; // /dev/random if (!posix_mknod($file, $type | $permissions, $major, $minor)) { die('Error ' . posix_get_last_error() . ': ' . posix_strerror(posix_get_last_error())); } ?>
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