58 lines
1.5 KiB
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58 lines
1.5 KiB
Groff
.Dd October 4, 2013
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.Dt MAKEDEV 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm MAKEDEV, DESCRIBE
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.Nd make/describe device files
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm MAKEDEV
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.Op Fl n | Fl m
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.Op Fl r | Fl s
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.Op key ...
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.Nm DESCRIBE
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.Op device ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm MAKEDEV
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may be used to create the device files normally found in the /dev directory.
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.Nm 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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.Nm 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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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Xxxexcludexfilexx
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.It Fl n
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echo the commands it would execute when you call it without that flag.
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.It Fl m
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echo
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.Nm mtree(8)
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formatted lines instead of creating the device nodes.
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.It Fl r
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Restricted set of devices. This set is used when generating the ramdisk.
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.It Fl s
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Standard set of devices. This set is used when popluating /dev.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Ar key
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arguments are simply the names of the devices you want to create. Call
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.Nm MAKEDEV
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without arguments to see a list of keys that it understands.
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.Pp
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The command
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.Nm DESCRIBE
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will give you a one-line description of a given device. By default It
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will list all devices in /dev.
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.Sh "SEE ALSO"
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.Xr dev 4 ,
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.Xr mknod 8
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.Sh BUGS
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The eagerness of
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.Nm MAKEDEV
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to create devices may cause many "File exists" errors from
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.Nm mknod .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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Written by Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl) and Lionel A. Sambuc (lionel@minix3.org)
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