Manual page for MAKEDEV(8)
makedev, MAKEDEV - make system special files
SYNOPSIS
/dev/MAKEDEV
device...
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.
- NeXT
-
Create the standard devices for a NeXT system.
This includes all the standard UNIX devices,
plus some devices specific to NeXT.
- std
-
Create the standard
devices for a UNIX system; e.g. /dev/console, /dev/tty.
- local
-
Create those devices specific to the local site. This
request causes the shell file
/dev/MAKEDEV.local
to be executed. 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.
DIAGNOSTICS
Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs
called from the script. Use ``sh -x MAKEDEV'' in case of
trouble.
SEE ALSO
intro(4),
config(8),
mknod(8)
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Last modified 11/5/97
