MKDEV(1M)                       Domain/OS SysV                       MKDEV(1M)



NAME
     /etc/mkdev - make device files

SYNOPSIS
     mkdev device_directory [-d devno_file] [all | console | display | tty |
     null | nuls | logd | sio | smt | pad | pio | pty | dsk | mt |
     global_devices | crp | cdrom | ac]

DESCRIPTION
     mkdev creates device files.  device_directory is usually /dev.  -d
     devno_file can be used to specify a device number-to-manager mapping
     file; the default is `node_data/device_numbers.

     If no additional arguments are specified, then all device files which do
     not exist are created (except for Optical Disk Library System devices--
     see below).  On completion, the version number of the current mkdev
     executable is recorded in the file device_directory/.mkdev.

     If arguments for specific devices are specified, then just those
     corresponding device files will be deleted and recreated.  If the all
     argument is specified, then all device files will be deleted and
     recreated.

     The ac argument generates several hundred device files that are needed
     only on HP Series 6300 Model 20GB/A Optical Disk Library System server
     nodes. To create the Optical Disk Library System devices, you must
     specify the ac argument on the command line.  Using mkdev with no
     arguments or with the all argument creates every device file except those
     for the Optical Disk Library System.

NOTE
     In a UNIX environment, the `node_data directory must be specified as
     \`node_data.

BUGS
     If you run mkdev on a DN10000 workstation and specify a device_directory
     argument on a Motorola 680x0 workstation, or vice-versa, mkdev will not
     create the correct number of pad devices. mkdev will create the correct
     number of pad devices only if you build a /dev directory by running mkdev
     on a machine of similar type.

DIAGNOSTICS
     Should be self-explanatory.

FILES
     `node_data/device_numbers     Default device number mapping file

SEE ALSO
     mkdevno(1M), mkdsk(1M), mknod(1M).