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| [9] | 1 | .TH MAKEDEV 8
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | MAKEDEV, DESCRIBE \- make/describe device files
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | .B MAKEDEV
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| 6 | .RB [ \-n ]
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| 7 | .IR key " ..."
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| 8 | .br
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| 9 | .B DESCRIBE
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| 10 | .RI [ device "] ..."
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| 11 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 12 | .B MAKEDEV
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| 13 | may be used to create the device files normally found in the
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| 14 | .B /dev
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| 15 | directory. The
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| 16 | .I key
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| 17 | arguments are simply the names of the devices you want.
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| 18 | .B MAKEDEV
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| 19 | knows about all supported devices and will create them in the current
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| 20 | directory with the proper owner and mode. For many devices
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| 21 | .B MAKEDEV
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| 22 | will not only create the device you want, but also the devices related
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| 23 | to it that you will probably want too. Naming one floppy device will
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| 24 | create all floppy devices for the same drive for instance.
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| 25 | .PP
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| 26 | Call
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| 27 | .B MAKEDEV
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| 28 | without arguments to see a list of keys that it understands. Then use
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| 29 | the
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| 30 | .B \-n
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| 31 | flag to make the script echo the commands it will execute the next time
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| 32 | when you call it without that flag.
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| 33 | .PP
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| 34 | The special key
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| 35 | .B std
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| 36 | must be given alone to
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| 37 | .BR MAKEDEV .
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| 38 | This key will create all standard devices.
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| 39 | .PP
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| 40 | The command
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| 41 | .B DESCRIBE
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| 42 | will give you a one-line description of a given device. It will by
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| 43 | default list all devices in
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| 44 | .BR /dev .
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| 45 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 46 | .BR dev (4),
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| 47 | .BR mknod (8).
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| 48 | .SH BUGS
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| 49 | .BR MAKEDEV "'s"
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| 50 | eagerness to create devices may cause many "File exists" errors from
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| 51 | .BR mknod .
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| 52 | .SH AUTHOR
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| 53 | Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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