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authorJoerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1999-04-28 10:04:48 +0000
committerJoerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1999-04-28 10:04:48 +0000
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Mention that you can only create a block or char special file using
mknod(2).
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=46150
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/mknod.2 b/lib/libc/sys/mknod.2
index 2fa634246e0b..76d73efb37b2 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/mknod.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/mknod.2
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ The named file exists.
.It Bq Er EFAULT
.Fa Path
points outside the process's allocated address space.
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+Creating anything else than a block or character special
+file (or a
+.Em whiteout )
+is not supported.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chmod 2 ,