54 lines
1.3 KiB
Groff
54 lines
1.3 KiB
Groff
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.TH MAKEDEV 8
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.SH NAME
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MAKEDEV, DESCRIBE \- make/describe device files
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B MAKEDEV
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.RB [ \-n ]
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.IR key " ..."
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.br
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.B DESCRIBE
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.RI [ device "] ..."
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B MAKEDEV
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may be used to create the device files normally found in the
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.B /dev
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directory. The
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.I key
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arguments are simply the names of the devices you want.
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.B MAKEDEV
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knows about all supported devices and will create them in the current
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directory with the proper owner and mode. For many devices
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.B MAKEDEV
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will not only create the device you want, but also the devices related
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to it that you will probably want too. Naming one floppy device will
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create all floppy devices for the same drive for instance.
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.PP
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Call
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.B MAKEDEV
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without arguments to see a list of keys that it understands. Then use
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the
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.B \-n
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flag to make the script echo the commands it will execute the next time
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when you call it without that flag.
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.PP
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The special key
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.B std
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must be given alone to
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.BR MAKEDEV .
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This key will create all standard devices.
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.PP
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The command
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.B DESCRIBE
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will give you a one-line description of a given device. It will by
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default list all devices in
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.BR /dev .
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR dev (4),
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.BR mknod (8).
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.SH BUGS
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.BR MAKEDEV "'s"
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eagerness to create devices may cause many "File exists" errors from
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.BR mknod .
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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