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+.TH MAKEDEV 8 "18 July 1983"
+.UC 4
+.SH NAME
+makedev \- make system special files
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B /dev/MAKEDEV 
+.IR device ...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I MAKEDEV
+is a shell script normally used to install
+special files.  It resides in the 
+.I /dev
+directory, as this is the normal location of special files.
+Arguments to 
+.I MAKEDEV
+are usually of the form
+.IR device-name ?
+where
+.I 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.
+.TP
+.B std
+Create the
+.I standard
+devices for the system; e.g. /dev/console, /dev/tty.
+The VAX-11/780 console floppy device, /dev/floppy, and VAX-11/750
+and VAX-11/730 console cassette device(s), /dev/tu?, are also
+created with this entry.
+.TP
+.B local
+Create those devices specific to the local site.  This
+request causes the shell file 
+.I /dev/MAKEDEV.local
+to be executed.  Site specific commands, such as those
+used to setup dialup lines as ``ttyd?'' should be included
+in this file.
+.PP
+Since all devices are created using 
+.IR mknod (8),
+this shell script is useful only to the super-user.
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs
+called from the script.  Use ``sh -x MAKEDEV'' in case of
+trouble.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+intro(4),
+config(8),
+mknod(8)
+.SH BUGS
+When more than one piece of hardware of the same ``kind'' is
+present on a machine (for instance, a dh and a dmf), naming
+conflicts arise.