title: Python os.mknod in windows
body: <p>I was trying to use the <code>os.mknod</code> function in Python 3.5.0 in Windows 7, however I find the error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;pyshell#1&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
      os.mknod
  AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'mknod'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I guess it's supposed to be there, since <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html</a> doesn't say anything about limited availability. Is there another option to use for a similar function in Windows? I'm just looking to create an empty file in a specific path, and I was thinking calling <code>open(path, 'w')</code> is kinda ugly for this.</p>
  
  <p>I don't know if this might be a version specific problem since I've never used Python in Windows before.</p>