1.\" -*- nroff -*- 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Doug Rabson 4.\" 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" This program is free software. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 19.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 20.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 21.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 22.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 23.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 24.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 25.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 26.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 27.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" 29.Dd November 2, 2018 30.Dt VOP_CREATE 9 31.Os 32.Sh NAME 33.Nm VOP_CREATE , 34.Nm VOP_MKNOD , 35.Nm VOP_MKDIR , 36.Nm VOP_SYMLINK 37.Nd create a file, socket, fifo, device, directory or symlink 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.In sys/param.h 40.In sys/vnode.h 41.In sys/namei.h 42.Ft int 43.Fn VOP_CREATE "struct vnode *dvp" "struct vnode **vpp" "struct componentname *cnp" "struct vattr *vap" 44.Ft int 45.Fn VOP_MKNOD "struct vnode *dvp" "struct vnode **vpp" "struct componentname *cnp" "struct vattr *vap" 46.Ft int 47.Fn VOP_MKDIR "struct vnode *dvp" "struct vnode **vpp" "struct componentname *cnp" "struct vattr *vap" 48.Ft int 49.Fn VOP_SYMLINK "struct vnode *dvp" "struct vnode **vpp" "struct componentname *cnp" "struct vattr *vap" "const char *target" 50.Sh DESCRIPTION 51These entry points create a new file, socket, fifo, device, directory or symlink 52in a given directory. 53.Pp 54The arguments are: 55.Bl -tag -width target 56.It Fa dvp 57The locked vnode of the directory. 58.It Fa vpp 59The address of a variable where the resulting locked vnode should be stored. 60.It Fa cnp 61The pathname component created. 62.It Fa vap 63The attributes that the new object should be created with. 64.It Fa target 65The pathname of the target of the symlink. 66.El 67.Pp 68These entry points are called after 69.Xr VOP_LOOKUP 9 70when an object is being created. 71.Sh LOCKS 72The directory, 73.Fa dvp 74will be locked on entry and must remain locked on return. 75If the call is successful, the new object will be returned locked. 76.Sh RETURN VALUES 77If successful, the vnode for the new object is placed in 78.Fa *vpp 79and zero is returned. 80Otherwise, an appropriate error is returned. 81.Sh ERRORS 82.Bl -tag -width Er 83.It Bq Er ENOSPC 84The file system is full. 85.It Bq Er EDQUOT 86The user's file system space or inode quota would be exceeded. 87.El 88.Sh SEE ALSO 89.Xr vnode 9 , 90.Xr VOP_LOOKUP 9 91.Sh HISTORY 92The function 93.Nm 94appeared in 95.Bx 4.3 . 96.Sh AUTHORS 97This manual page was written by 98.An Doug Rabson . 99