dev_kill(1M)                                         dev_kill(1M)



     NAME
          dev_kill - remove devices files within a directory

     SYNOPSIS
          dev_kill number directory [directory...]

     DESCRIPTION
          dev_kill removes all device files from the specified direc-
          tories that have the major number specified by number.  It
          is intended to be invoked from device initialization pro-
          grams run by the autoconfiguration system (see
          autoconfig(1M) and Building A/UX Device Drivers)

          dev_kill silently ignores specified files that are not
          directories.  This allows one to simply use:

               dev_kill 4 /dev /dev/*

          without getting thousands of errors.  A certain number of
          devices required by the system (e.g. /dev/console, etc.)
          have fixed (small) major numbers and should not be arbi-
          trarily removed, especially as part of an autoconfiguration.

     FILES
          /etc/dev_kill
          /dev/console
          /dev/...

     SEE ALSO
          autoconfig(1M).
          Building A/UX Device Drivers.
























     April, 1990                                                     1