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diff --git a/man2/mknod.2 b/man2/mknod.2 index 25657a9d11..30f256c444 100644 --- a/man2/mknod.2 +++ b/man2/mknod.2 @@ -241,19 +241,6 @@ does not support the type of node requested. .I pathname refers to a file on a read-only filesystem. .SH VERSIONS -.BR mknodat () -was added in Linux 2.6.16; -library support was added in glibc 2.4. -.SH STANDARDS -.BR mknod (): -SVr4, 4.4BSD, POSIX.1-2001 (but see below), POSIX.1-2008. -.\" The Linux version differs from the SVr4 version in that it -.\" does not require root permission to create pipes, also in that no -.\" EMULTIHOP, ENOLINK, or EINTR error is documented. -.PP -.BR mknodat (): -POSIX.1-2008. -.SH NOTES POSIX.1-2001 says: "The only portable use of .BR mknod () is to create a FIFO-special file. @@ -278,7 +265,21 @@ cannot be used to create directories. One should make directories with .BR mkdir (2). .\" and one should make UNIX domain sockets with socket(2) and bind(2). -.PP +.SH STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +.TP +.BR mknod () +SVr4, 4.4BSD, POSIX.1-2001 (but see VERSIONS). +.\" The Linux version differs from the SVr4 version in that it +.\" does not require root permission to create pipes, also in that no +.\" EMULTIHOP, ENOLINK, or EINTR error is documented. +.TP +.BR mknodat () +Linux 2.6.16, +glibc 2.4. +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH NOTES There are many infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS. Some of these affect .BR mknod () |