Sys/Mknod version 0.02

Ever want to use a Perl function rather than system() to make a character or block special device, or to make a named pipe (FIFO)? Now you can.

BUGS

On my system, I needed to modify sysmacros.ph;

--- /usr/lib/perl/5.8.1/sys/sysmacros.ph~       Sat Sep 27 04:19:47 2003
+++ /usr/lib/perl/5.8.1/sys/sysmacros.ph        Mon Jan  5 16:29:24 2004
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
        }' unless defined(&minor);
        eval 'sub makedev {
            local($major, $minor) = @_;
-           eval q((( << 8) | ( ($minor))));
+           eval q((($major << 8) | ( ($minor))));
        }' unless defined(&makedev);
     } else {
        require 'endian.ph';

The test suite will detect and warn if the makedev macro does not return a sensible value. Note that you will need to be root for most of the tests to work.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

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