Module Name: src
Committed By: njoly
Date: Tue Jul 30 13:45:38 UTC 2013
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/sys: mknod.2
Log Message:
Add mknodat(2) specific errors.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.26 -r1.27 src/lib/libc/sys/mknod.2
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Index: src/lib/libc/sys/mknod.2
diff -u src/lib/libc/sys/mknod.2:1.26 src/lib/libc/sys/mknod.2:1.27
--- src/lib/libc/sys/mknod.2:1.26 Sun Jan 13 08:15:02 2013
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/mknod.2 Tue Jul 30 13:45:38 2013
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: mknod.2,v 1.26 2013/01/13 08:15:02 dholland Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: mknod.2,v 1.27 2013/07/30 13:45:38 njoly Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)mknod.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\"
-.Dd November 18, 2012
+.Dd July 29, 2013
.Dt MKNOD 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -87,12 +87,11 @@ in order to specify the current director
.Fn mknod
requires super-user privileges.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
-Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.
-Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and
-.Va errno
-is set to indicate the error.
+.Rv -std mknod mknodat
.Sh ERRORS
.Fn mknod
+and
+.Fn mknodat
will fail and the file will be not created if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EACCES
@@ -140,6 +139,24 @@ The process's effective user ID is not s
.It Bq Er EROFS
The named file resides on a read-only file system.
.El
+.Pp
+In addition,
+.Fn mknodat
+will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EBADF
+.Fa path
+does not specify an absolute path and
+.Fa fd
+is neither
+.Dv AT_FDCWD
+nor a valid file descriptor open for reading or searching.
+.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
+.Fa path
+is not an absolute path and
+.Fa fd
+is a file descriptor associated with a non-directory file.
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chmod 2 ,
.Xr mkfifo 2 ,
