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.Dd March 11, 2007 .Dt MAKEDEV.LOCAL 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm MAKEDEV.local .Nd create site-specific device special files .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl fs .Op Fl m Ar mknod ro Pa all | site-specific-argument Brc Op Ar ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is used to create site-specific device special files. Each argument may be the word
a all or a site-specific argument. By default, there are no valid site-specific arguments, and the
a all argument has no effect; This may be changed by editing the script.
p The script is in
a /dev/MAKEDEV.local and must be called from the
a /dev directory.
p Supported options for .Nm are the same as for .Xr MAKEDEV 8 , as follows: 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 .Sh FILES l -tag -width "/dev/MAKEDEV.local" -compact t Pa /dev special device files directory t Pa /dev/MAKEDEV script that invokes .Nm with the
a all argument. t Pa /dev/MAKEDEV.local script described in this man page .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr config 1 , .Xr intro 4 , .Xr MAKEDEV 8 , .Xr mknod 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command appeared in x 4.2 . Handling of the same command line options as .Xr MAKEDEV 8 , and the use of .Xr MAKEDEV 8 as a function library, was added in .Nx 5.0 . .Sh BUGS .Xr MAKEDEV 8 Ap s .Fl M and .Fl p options are not supported by .Nm . .Sh NOTES The relationship between .Nm and .Xr MAKEDEV 8 is complex: l -bullet t If .Xr MAKEDEV 8 is invoked with the
a all or
a local argument, then it will invoke .Nm as a child process, with options similar to those that were originally passed to .Xr MAKEDEV 8 , and with the
a all argument. t .Nm uses shell functions defined in .Xr MAKEDEV 8 . This is done by loading .Xr MAKEDEV 8 using the shell .Dq . command, with the .Ev MAKEDEV_AS_LIBRARY variable set (to inform .Xr MAKEDEV 8 that it should behave as a function library, not as an independent program). .El
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