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From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: system
Message-ID: <7@obie.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 88 11:04:13 GMT
References: <127@dcrbg1.UUCP> <1670009@otter.HP.COM>
Organization: UinTech, Layton, UT
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Summary: directories are made with mknod(2) on System V

On System V, directories are made with the system call mknod(2).
To make the directory '/usr/fool' with rwxrwxr-x permissions,
you would use:

	mknod("/usr/fool", 040775, 0);

The mode bits are: 040000: make directory, 0775: permission bits.