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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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