.TH MAKEDEV 8 "4 March 1983"
MAKEDEV \- make system special files
is a shell script normally used to install
special files. It resides in the
directory, as this is the normal location of special files.
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
devices for the system; e.g. /dev/console, /dev/tty.
The VAX-11/780 console floppy device, /dev/floppy, is
also created with this entry. For machines with a TU58
console cassette (or cassettes), the
entry should be specified after this entry.
Create those devices specific to the local site. This
request causes the shell file
to be executed. Site specific commands, such as those
used to setup dialup lines as ``ttyd?'' should be included
Since all devices are created using
this shell script is useful only to the super-user.
Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs
called from the script. Use ``sh -x MAKEDEV'' in case of
When more than one piece of hardware of the same ``kind'' is
present on a machine (for instance, a dh and a dmf), naming