Manual page for MAKEDEV(8)
makedev, MAKEDEV - make system special files
SYNOPSIS
/dev/MAKEDEV
device-name
...
DESCRIPTION
MAKEDEV
is a shell script normally used to install
special files. It resides in the
/dev
directory, as this is the normal location
of special files. Arguments to
MAKEDEV
are usually of the form
device-name?
where
device-name
is one of the supported devices listed
in section 4 of the manual and
`?'
is a logical unit number (0-9).
A few special arguments create assorted
collections of devices and are listed below.
- std
-
Create the
standard
devices for the system; for example,
/dev/console,
/dev/tty.
- local
-
Create those devices specific to the local site. This
request runs the shell file
/dev/MAKEDEV.local.
Site specific commands, such as those
used to setup dialup lines as ``ttyd?''
should be included in this file.
Since all devices are created using
mknod.8
this shell script is useful only to the super-user.
FILES
/dev/console
/dev/MAKEDEV.local
/dev/tty
SEE ALSO
intro.4
config.8
mknod.8
DIAGNOSTICS
Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs
called from the script. Use
sh -x MAKEDEV
in case of trouble.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
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Last modified 11/5/97
