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<TITLE>MAKEDEV(8)</TITLE>
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<H1>MAKEDEV(8)</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
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MAKEDEV, DESCRIBE - make/describe device files
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>MAKEDEV</STRONG> [<STRONG>-n</STRONG>] <EM>key</EM> ...
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<STRONG>DESCRIBE</STRONG> [<EM>device</EM>] ...
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>MAKEDEV</STRONG> may be used to create the device files normally found in the <STRONG>/dev</STRONG>
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directory. The <EM>key</EM> arguments are simply the names of the devices you
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want. <STRONG>MAKEDEV</STRONG> knows about all supported devices and will create them in
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the current directory with the proper owner and mode. For many devices
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<STRONG>MAKEDEV</STRONG> will not only create the device you want, but also the devices
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related to it that you will probably want too. Naming one floppy device
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will create all floppy devices for the same drive for instance.
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Call <STRONG>MAKEDEV</STRONG> without arguments to see a list of keys that it understands.
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Then use the <STRONG>-n</STRONG> flag to make the script echo the commands it will execute
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the next time when you call it without that flag.
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The special key <STRONG>std</STRONG> must be given alone to <STRONG>MAKEDEV</STRONG>. This key will create
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all standard devices.
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The command <STRONG>DESCRIBE</STRONG> will give you a one-line description of a given
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device. It will by default list all devices in <STRONG>/dev</STRONG>.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG><A HREF="../man8/mknod.8.html">mknod(8)</A></STRONG>.
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<H2>BUGS</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>MAKEDEV</STRONG>'s eagerness to create devices may cause many "File exists" errors
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from <STRONG>mknod</STRONG>.
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2><PRE>
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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