z/OS V1R9.0 UNIX System Services Command ... - Christian Grothoff

MKDIR
Return Codes
Examples
The default permissions set when a directory is created are 755, representing:
7 User: read, write, and search permission.
5 Group: read and search permission.
5 Other: read and search permission.
STICKY
Specifies that the sticky bit is to be set on for a directory so a user cannot
remove or rename a file in the directory unless one or more of these conditions
are true:
v The user owns the file
v The user owns the directory
v The user has superuser authority
NOSTICKY
Specifies that the sticky bit is to be set off in the directory. NOSTICKY is the
default.
0 Processing successful.
12 Processing unsuccessful. An error message has been issued.
1. You want to create a directory using an absolute pathname giving read, write,
and search access to the directory owner and no access to the group and other
classes. The new directory name is to be /tmp/bin. The directory /tmp already
exists. You enter:
MKDIR ’/tmp/bin’ MODE(7,0,0)
2. You want to create a new directory under the working directory of your TSO/E
session; therefore you can specify a relative pathname. You want to name the
new directory u2, and to set it up with the default permissions (755). You enter:
MKDIR ’u2’
MKNOD — Create a character special file
Format
Description
Parameters
MKNOD ’pathname’
MAJOR(device_major_number)
MINOR(device_minor_number)
MODE(file_permission_bits)
MKNOD creates a character special file in a file system.
Note: MKNOD can be used only by a superuser.
pathname
Specifies the name of the character special file to be created. The name can be
a relative pathname or an absolute pathname. It must be enclosed in single
quotes. A relative pathname is relative to the working directory of the TSO/E
session (usually the HOME directory). Therefore, you should usually specify an
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