NAME

makedev, MAKEDEV − make system special files

SYNOPSIS

/dev/MAKEDEV device-name...

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; for example, /dev/console, /dev/tty. 

local Create those devices specific to the local site.  This request runs the shell file /dev/MAKEDEV.local.  Site specific commands, such as those used to setup dialup lines as “ttyd?” 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)

Sun Release 4.0  —  Last change: 9 September 1987