How do you create special files like named pipes, Computer Engineering

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How do you create special files like named pipes and device files?

The system call method forms special files in the following sequence.

Kernel assigns new inode,

Sets the file type to show that the file is a pipe, directory or special file,

If it is a device file, it makes the other entries like main, minor device numbers.

For example:

If the device is a disk, main device number refers to the disk controller and minor device number is the disk.

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