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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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