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Dd August 6, 2011
Dt MAKEDEV.LOCAL 8
Os
Sh NAME
Nm MAKEDEV.local
Nd create site-specific device special files
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Op Fl fMsu
Op Fl m Ar mknod
Op Fl p Ar pax
Op Fl t Ar mtree
Bro Pa all | site-specific-argument Brc Op Ar ...
Sh DESCRIPTION
Nm
is used to create site-specific device special files.
Each argument may be the word
Pa all
or a site-specific argument.
By default, there are no valid site-specific arguments,
and the
Pa all
argument has no effect;
This may be changed by editing the script.
Pp
The script is in
Pa /dev/MAKEDEV.local .
Devices are created in the current working directory;
in normal use,
Nm
should be invoked with
Pa /dev
as the current working directory.
Pp
Supported options for
Nm
are the same as for
Xr MAKEDEV 8 .
Sh FILES
Bl -tag -width "/dev/MAKEDEV.local" -compact
It Pa /dev
special device files directory
It Pa /dev/MAKEDEV
script that invokes
Nm
with the
Pa all
argument.
It Pa /dev/MAKEDEV.local
script described in this man page
El
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr config 1 ,
Xr intro 4 ,
Xr MAKEDEV 8 ,
Xr mknod 8
Sh HISTORY
The
Nm
command appeared in
Bx 4.2 .
Handling of the same command line options as
Xr MAKEDEV 8 ,
and the use of
Xr MAKEDEV 8
as a function library, was added in
Nx 5.0 .
Sh NOTES
The relationship between
Nm
and
Xr MAKEDEV 8
is complex:
Bl -bullet
It
If
Xr MAKEDEV 8
is invoked with the
Pa all
or
Pa local
argument, then it will invoke
Nm
as a child process, with options similar to
those that were originally passed to
Xr MAKEDEV 8 ,
and with the
Pa all
argument.
It
Nm
uses shell functions defined in
Xr MAKEDEV 8 .
This is done by loading
Xr MAKEDEV 8
using the shell
Dq \&.
command, with the
Ev MAKEDEV_AS_LIBRARY
variable set (to inform
Xr MAKEDEV 8
that it should behave as a function library,
not as an independent program).
El
