NAME

makedev − make system special files

SYNOPSIS

/dev/MAKEDEV [ −f dfile ] 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.  The −f option is used to specify a system configuration file other than /etc/master.  A system configuration file is required when configuring devices that use a corresponding device driver specification and MAKEDEV does not already know how to make the device. 

Arguments to MAKEDEV are usually of the form device-name∗ where device-name is one of the supported devices listed in section 7 of the manual and “∗” is a logical unit number.  The range of the logical unit is device specific. A few special arguments create assorted collections of devices and are listed below. 

std Create the standard devices for the 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 may be included in this file. 

Since all devices are created using mknod(1M), 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(7), config(1M), mknod(1M)

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