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authorMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2002-04-14 10:19:44 (GMT)
committerMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2002-04-14 10:19:44 (GMT)
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Patch #543447: Add posix.mknod.
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libos.tex11
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
-rw-r--r--Modules/posixmodule.c44
-rwxr-xr-xconfigure5
-rw-r--r--configure.in2
-rw-r--r--pyconfig.h.in3
6 files changed, 60 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index 8c819d9..6a07ab1 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -644,6 +644,17 @@ the client opens it for writing. Note that \function{mkfifo()}
doesn't open the FIFO --- it just creates the rendezvous point.
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{mknod}{path\optional{, mode=0600, major, minor}}
+Create a filesystem node (file, device special file or named pipe)
+named filename. mode specifies both the permissions to use and the
+type of node to be created, being combined (bitwise OR) with one of
+S_IFREG, S_IFCHR, S_IFBLK, and S_IFIFO (those constants are available
+in \module{stat}). For S_IFCHR and S_IFBLK, major and minor define the
+newly created device special file, otherwise they are ignored.
+
+\versionadded{2.3}
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{mkdir}{path\optional{, mode}}
Create a directory named \var{path} with numeric mode \var{mode}.
The default \var{mode} is \code{0777} (octal). On some systems,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d3ed145..e6fc808 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Core and builtins
Extension modules
+- posix.mknod was added.
+
- The locale module now exposes the C library's gettext interface.
- A security hole ("double free") was found in zlib-1.1.3, a popular
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 5b80479..2a5915a 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -4582,19 +4582,52 @@ posix_pipe(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
#ifdef HAVE_MKFIFO
static char posix_mkfifo__doc__[] =
-"mkfifo(file, [, mode=0666]) -> None\n\
+"mkfifo(filename, [, mode=0666]) -> None\n\
Create a FIFO (a POSIX named pipe).";
static PyObject *
posix_mkfifo(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
{
- char *file;
+ char *filename;
int mode = 0666;
int res;
- if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|i:mkfifo", &file, &mode))
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|i:mkfifo", &filename, &mode))
return NULL;
Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
- res = mkfifo(file, mode);
+ res = mkfifo(filename, mode);
+ Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+ if (res < 0)
+ return posix_error();
+ Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+ return Py_None;
+}
+#endif
+
+
+#ifdef HAVE_MKNOD
+static char posix_mknod__doc__[] =
+"mknod(filename, [, mode=0600, major, minor]) -> None\n\
+Create a filesystem node (file, device special file or named pipe)\n\
+named filename. mode specifies both the permissions to use and the\n\
+type of node to be created, being combined (bitwise OR) with one of\n\
+S_IFREG, S_IFCHR, S_IFBLK, and S_IFIFO. For S_IFCHR and S_IFBLK,\n\
+major and minor define the newly created device special file, otherwise\n\
+they are ignored.";
+
+
+static PyObject *
+posix_mknod(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+ char *filename;
+ int mode = 0600;
+ int major = 0;
+ int minor = 0;
+ int res;
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|iii:mknod", &filename,
+ &mode, &major, &minor))
+ return NULL;
+ Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+ res = mknod(filename, mode, makedev(major, minor));
Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
if (res < 0)
return posix_error();
@@ -6336,6 +6369,9 @@ static PyMethodDef posix_methods[] = {
#ifdef HAVE_MKFIFO
{"mkfifo", posix_mkfifo, METH_VARARGS, posix_mkfifo__doc__},
#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_MKNOD
+ {"mknod", posix_mknod, METH_VARARGS, posix_mknod__doc__},
+#endif
#ifdef HAVE_FTRUNCATE
{"ftruncate", posix_ftruncate, METH_VARARGS, posix_ftruncate__doc__},
#endif
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 48467c9..c9c9bd2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.306 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.307 .
# Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.53.
#
@@ -11245,10 +11245,11 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}MACHDEP_OBJS" >&6
+
for ac_func in alarm chown chroot clock confstr ctermid ctermid_r execv \
flock fork fsync fdatasync fpathconf ftime ftruncate \
gai_strerror getgroups getlogin getpeername getpid getpwent getwd \
- hstrerror inet_pton kill killpg link lstat mkfifo mktime mremap \
+ hstrerror inet_pton kill killpg link lstat mkfifo mknod mktime mremap \
nice pathconf pause plock poll pthread_init \
putenv readlink \
select setegid seteuid setgid setgroups \
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8b04c03..8d1339a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT(MACHDEP_OBJS)
AC_CHECK_FUNCS(alarm chown chroot clock confstr ctermid ctermid_r execv \
flock fork fsync fdatasync fpathconf ftime ftruncate \
gai_strerror getgroups getlogin getpeername getpid getpwent getwd \
- hstrerror inet_pton kill killpg link lstat mkfifo mktime mremap \
+ hstrerror inet_pton kill killpg link lstat mkfifo mknod mktime mremap \
nice pathconf pause plock poll pthread_init \
putenv readlink \
select setegid seteuid setgid setgroups \
diff --git a/pyconfig.h.in b/pyconfig.h.in
index 5ad717b..dbc03be 100644
--- a/pyconfig.h.in
+++ b/pyconfig.h.in
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@
/* Define to 1 if you have the `mkfifo' function. */
#undef HAVE_MKFIFO
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `mknod' function. */
+#undef HAVE_MKNOD
+
/* Define to 1 if you have the `mktime' function. */
#undef HAVE_MKTIME