MAKEDEV(8) — Maintenance
Digital
NAME
MAKEDEV − makes system special files
SYNOPSIS
/dev/MAKEDEV [ argument ] [ device-name? ...]
DESCRIPTION
The MAKEDEV shell script is normally used to install special files. It resides in the /dev directory, the normal location of special files. Arguments to MAKEDEV are usually of the form device-name? where device-name is one of the supported devices listed in Section 4 of the Reference Pages and ? is a logical unit number. argument is one of the following special arguments that create assorted collections of devices:
DS_3100Creates the standard special device files associated with the DECstation 3100.
DS_5000_100Creates the standard special device files associated with the DECstation 5000 Model 100.
DS_5000_200Creates the standard special device files associated with the DECstation 5000 Model 200.
DS_5100Creates the standard special device files associated with the DECsystem 5100.
stdCreates all standard device files for all systems. Standard devices are as follows: klog, kmem, mem, null, console, tty, pty0, and
ty1. Standard devices specific to certain machines are as follows: DECstation 3100: pm0, xcons, and dc0 DECstation 5000 Model 200: pm0, xcons, and dc0 DECstation 5000 Model 100: pm0, xcons, and scc0 DECsystem 5100: mdc0
localCreates those devices specific to the local site. This request causes the shell file /dev/MAKEDEV.local to be executed. This file must exist prior to using the local argument. Site specific commands, such as those used to setup dialup lines as ttyd? and to create special device files for all non-Digital devices, should be included in this file.
Because all devices are created using mknod(8) this shell script is useful only to the superuser.
ERRORS
Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs called from the script. Use sh -x MAKEDEV in case of trouble.