Python | os.mknod() method

OS module in Python provides functions for interacting with the operating system. OS comes under Python’s standard utility modules. This module provides a portable way of using operating system dependent functionality.
os.mknod() method in Python is used to create a file system node i.e a file, device special file or named pipe with specified path name.

Syntax: os.mknod(path, mode = 0o600, device = 0, *, dir_fd = None)
Parameters:
path: A path-like object representing the file system path. 
device (optional): This defines the newly created device files. The default value of this parameter is 0. 
dir_fd (optional): This is a file descriptor referring to a directory. 
Return type: This method does not return any value. 

Code: Use of os.mknod() method 

Python3

# Python3 program to explain os.mknod() method

# importing os module
import os

# importing stat module
import stat


# Path
path = "filex.txt"

# Permission to use
per = 0o600

# type of node to be created
node_type = stat.S_IRUSR
mode = per | node_type

# Create a file system node
# with specified permission
# and type using
# os.mknod() method
os.mknod(path, mode)

print("Filesystem node is created successfully")

Output:

File system node is created successfully