MAKEDEV

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: May 19, 1986
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NAME

makedev, MAKEDEV - make system special files

SYNOPSIS

/dev/MAKEDEV device...

DESCRIPTION

MAKEDEV is a shell script normally used to install special files. It resides in the /dev directory, as this is the normal location of special files. Arguments to MAKEDEV are usually of the form device-name? where 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.

NeXT: Create the standard devices for a NeXT system. This includes all the standard UNIX devices, plus some devices specific to NeXT.
std: Create the standard devices for a UNIX system; e.g. /dev/console, /dev/tty.
local: Create those devices specific to the local site. This request causes the shell file /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.

Since all devices are created using mknod(8), this shell script is useful only to the super-user.

DIAGNOSTICS

Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs called from the script. Use ``sh -x MAKEDEV'' in case of trouble.