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import os, sys
# Path to be created
path = "/tmp/hourly"
os.mkfifo( path, 0644 )
print "Path is created"
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:
Path is created
os.mknod(filename[, mode=0600, device])
Description
The method mknod() creates a filesystem node (file, device special file or named pipe) named
filename.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for mknod() method:
os.mknod(filename[, mode=0600[, device=0]])
Parameters
• filename -- This is the filesystem node to be created.
• mode -- The mode specifies both the permissions to use and the type of node to be created
combined (bitwise OR) with one of the values stat.S_IFREG, stat.S_IFCHR, stat.S_IFBLK, and
stat.S_IFIFO. They can be ORed base don requirement.
• device -- This is the device special file created and its optional to provide.
Return Value
This method does not return any value.
Example
The following example shows the usage of mknod() method.
# !/usr/bin/python
import os
import stat
filename = '/tmp/tmpfile'
mode = 0600|stat.S_IRUSR
# filesystem node specified with different modes
os.mknod(filename, mode)
Let us compile and run the above program, this will create a simple file in /tmp directory with a name
tmpfile:
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