NAME

makedev − make system special files

SYNOPSIS

/dev/MAKEDEV device...

DESCRIPTION

MAKEDEV is a shell script normally used to install special files.  It resides in the /dev directory, as this is 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 manual and “?” is a logical unit number (0-9).  A few special arguments create assorted collections of devices and are listed below. 

std Create the standard devices for the system; e.g.  /dev/console, /dev/tty. 

local Create those devices specific to the local site.  This request causes the shell file /dev/MAKEDEV.local to be executed.  Site specific commands should be included in this file. 

Since all devices are created using mknod(8), this shell script is useful only to the super-user. 

DIAGNOSTICS

Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs called from the script.  Use ‘sh −x MAKEDEV’ in case of trouble. 

SEE ALSO

intro(4), config(8), mknod(8)

NEWS-OSRelease 4.2.1R