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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MAKEDEV 8 "18 July 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: makedev \- make system special files
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /dev/MAKEDEV 
        !             7: .IR device ...
        !             8: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             9: .I MAKEDEV
        !            10: is a shell script normally used to install
        !            11: special files.  It resides in the 
        !            12: .I /dev
        !            13: directory, as this is the normal location of special files.
        !            14: Arguments to 
        !            15: .I MAKEDEV
        !            16: are usually of the form
        !            17: .IR device-name ?
        !            18: where
        !            19: .I device-name
        !            20: is one of the supported devices listed in section 4 of the
        !            21: manual and ``?'' is a logical unit number (0-9).  A few
        !            22: special arguments create assorted collections of devices and are
        !            23: listed below.
        !            24: .TP
        !            25: .B std
        !            26: Create the
        !            27: .I standard
        !            28: devices for the system; e.g. /dev/console, /dev/tty.
        !            29: .TP
        !            30: .B local
        !            31: Create those devices specific to the local site.  This
        !            32: request causes the shell file 
        !            33: .I /dev/MAKEDEV.local
        !            34: to be executed.  Site specific commands, such as those
        !            35: used to setup dialup lines as ``ttyd?'' should be included
        !            36: in this file.
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: Since all devices are created using 
        !            39: .IR mknod (8),
        !            40: this shell script is useful only to the super-user.
        !            41: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            42: Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs
        !            43: called from the script.  Use ``sh -x MAKEDEV'' in case of
        !            44: trouble.
        !            45: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            46: intro(4),
        !            47: config(8),
        !            48: mknod(8)
        !            49: .SH BUGS
        !            50: When more than one piece of hardware of the same ``kind'' is
        !            51: present on a machine (for instance, a dh and a dmf), naming
        !            52: conflicts arise.

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