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specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
@(#)makedev.8 6.2 (Berkeley) 05/19/86
MAKEDEV 8 ""
C 5 NAME
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.
std Create the standard devices for the system; e.g. /dev/console, /dev/tty. The VAX-11/780 console floppy device, /dev/floppy, and VAX-11/750 and VAX-11/730 console cassette device(s), /dev/tu?, are also created with this entry.
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)