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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)makedev.8   6.2 (Berkeley) 5/19/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH MAKEDEV 8 "May 19, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: makedev \- make system special files
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B /dev/MAKEDEV 
        !            13: .IR device ...
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: .I MAKEDEV
        !            16: is a shell script normally used to install
        !            17: special files.  It resides in the 
        !            18: .I /dev
        !            19: directory, as this is the normal location of special files.
        !            20: Arguments to 
        !            21: .I MAKEDEV
        !            22: are usually of the form
        !            23: .IR device-name ?
        !            24: where
        !            25: .I device-name
        !            26: is one of the supported devices listed in section 4 of the
        !            27: manual and ``?'' is a logical unit number (0-9).  A few
        !            28: special arguments create assorted collections of devices and are
        !            29: listed below.
        !            30: .TP
        !            31: .B std
        !            32: Create the
        !            33: .I standard
        !            34: devices for the system; e.g. /dev/console, /dev/tty.
        !            35: The VAX-11/780 console floppy device, /dev/floppy, and VAX-11/750
        !            36: and VAX-11/730 console cassette device(s), /dev/tu?, are also
        !            37: created with this entry.
        !            38: .TP
        !            39: .B local
        !            40: Create those devices specific to the local site.  This
        !            41: request causes the shell file 
        !            42: .I /dev/MAKEDEV.local
        !            43: to be executed.  Site specific commands, such as those
        !            44: used to setup dialup lines as ``ttyd?'' should be included
        !            45: in this file.
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: Since all devices are created using 
        !            48: .IR mknod (8),
        !            49: this shell script is useful only to the super-user.
        !            50: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            51: Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs
        !            52: called from the script.  Use ``sh -x MAKEDEV'' in case of
        !            53: trouble.
        !            54: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            55: intro(4),
        !            56: config(8),
        !            57: mknod(8)

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