tags 455825 fixed-upstream
thanks
Fixed for upstream 2.73.
Reuben Thomas wrote:
> Package: manpages-dev
> Version: 2.67-1
> Severity: normal
>
> "One should make directories with mkdir(2), and FIFOs with mkfifo(3)."
>
> The first part of this is fine, but I don't understand the second
> part. Just above, it says: "The only portable use of mknod() is to
> create a FIFO-special file."
>
> Hence, it seems that not only can mknod be used to create FIFOs on
> Linux, but it can be used on any POSIX 2001 system!
>
> If there's some reason why mkfifo should be used nonetheless, it
> should be explained here.
I agree that the text can be better ordered, and worded. I've changed
these paras to read:
POSIX.1-2001 says: "The only portable use of mknod() is
to create a FIFO-special file. If mode is not S_IFIFO or
dev is not 0, the behavior of mknod() is unspecified."
However, nowadays one should never use mknod() for this
purpose; one should use mkfifo(3), a function especially
defined for this purpose.
Under Linux, this call cannot be used to create directo-
ries. One should make directories with mkdir(2).
Cheers,
Michael
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