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.Dd @@@DATE@@@ .Dt MAKEDEV 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm MAKEDEV .Nd create system and device special files .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl fs .Op Fl m Ar mknod .Ar special Op Ar ...
p .Nm .Op Fl fs .Op Fl m Ar mknod .Ar device Op Ar ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is used to create system and device special files. As arguments it takes the names of known devices, like .Ar sd0 , or of special targets, like
a all or
a std , which create a collection of device special files.
p The script is in
a /dev/MAKEDEV and must be called from the
a /dev directory. For the creation of the devices, .Xr mknod 8 is used, which can only be used for creating devices by the super-user. The .Xr mknod 8 used can be overridden by the .Fl m flag.
p Supported options are: l -tag -width XmXmknodXX t Fl f Force permissions to be updated on existing devices. t Fl m Ar mknod Name of .Xr mknod 8 program. [Usually, $TOOL_MKNOD or mknod.] t Fl s Generate .Xr mtree 8 specfile instead of creating devices. .El
p The special targets supported on .Nx are:
p @@@SPECIAL@@@
p Please note that any hash marks
q Dq # in the following list of supported device targets must be replaced by digits when calling .Nm :
p @@@DEVICES@@@ .Sh FILES l -tag -width "/dev/MAKEDEV.local" -compact t Pa /dev special device files directory t Pa /dev/MAKEDEV script described in this man page t Pa /dev/MAKEDEV.local script for site specific devices .El .Sh DIAGNOSTICS If the script reports an error that is difficult to understand, you can get more debugging output by using .Dl Ic sh Fl x Ar MAKEDEV Ar argument . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr intro 4 , .Xr config 8 , .Xr mknod 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command appeared in x 4.2 . .Sh NOTES This man page is generated automatically from the same sources as
a /dev/MAKEDEV , in which the device files are not always sorted, which may result in an unusual (non-alphabetical) order. Not all devices listed in this manpage are supported on all platforms.
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