You are about to install a new USB camera on your Linux system and you realize that there is no device special file available for your device. What command can you use on the system to create a new device special file

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Margaret Newton

Computers & Technology

13 January, 17:25

You are about to install a new USB camera on your Linux system and you realize that there is no device special file available for your device. What command can you use on the system to create a new device special file

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Shiloh Escobar · Answer 1

mknod

Explanation:

When the user wants to configure a camera device on his Linux computer and the user recognizes that his device does not have a device-specific file. Thus, the user could use the mknod command on his computer to set up an equipment file because it is the command that is used to create a fresh file and these files are not the same as the normal file.

So, the following answer is correct according to the following scenario.