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@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +Unix-Mknod version 0.05 +======================= + +This module allows access to the device routines major()/minor()/makedev() +that may or may not be macros in .h files. + +It also allows access to the mknod system call. + +0.05 adds a patch that was sitting in the comment/issues page on metacpan. + +NOTES + +There are 2 other perl modules that implement the mknod(2) system call, +but they have problems working on some platforms. Sys::Mknod does not +work on AIX because it uses the syscall(2) generic system call which +AIX does not have. Mknod implements S_IFIFO, which on most platforms +is not implemented in mknod, but rather mkfifo (which is implemented +in POSIX perl module). + +The perl module File::Stat::Bits also implements major() and minor() (and +a version of makedev() called dev_join). They are done as a program to +get the bit masks at compile time, but if major() and minor() are +implemented as sub routines, the arugment could be something as simple +as an index to a lookup table (and thereby having no decernable relation +to its result). + +INSTALLATION + +To install this module type the following: + + perl Makefile.PL + make + make test + make install + +PLATFORMS + +This module has been tested out and verified on the following platforms: + +FreeBSD-5.4-STABLE +Mac OS X 10.3.9 +Solaris 8, 9, 10 +RedHat Linux EL 4.1 +AIX 4.3.3, 5.1 + + +DEPENDENCIES + +This module does not require any other modules or libraries. + +COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE + +Copyright (c) 2005-2008 University of Illinois Board of Trustees +All rights reserved. + +Developed by: Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services, + University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign + +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining +a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the +``Software''), to deal with the Software without restriction, including +without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, +distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to +permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to +the following conditions: + +* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimers. + +* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimers in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + +* Neither the names of Campus Information Technologies and Educational + Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, nor the names + of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived + from this Software without specific prior written permission. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, +EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF +MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. +IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CONTRIBUTORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR +ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, +TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE +OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS WITH THE SOFTWARE. + |