112 lines
3.5 KiB
Groff
112 lines
3.5 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)makedev.8 6.3 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
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.\" $Id: makedev.8,v 1.2 1993/08/01 07:54:56 mycroft Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd March 16, 1991
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.Dt MAKEDEV 8
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.Os BSD 4.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm makedev
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.Nd make system special files
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm MAKEDEV
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.Ar device ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm MAKEDEV
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is a shell script normally used to install
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special files. It resides in the
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.Pa /dev
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directory, as this is the normal location of special files.
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Arguments to
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.Nm MAKEDEV
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are usually of the form
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.Ar device-name Ns Sy \&?
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where
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.Ar device-name
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is one of the supported devices listed in section 4 of the
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manual and
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.Dq Sy \&?
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is a logical unit number (0-9). A few
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special arguments create assorted collections of devices and are
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listed below.
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Sy std
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Create the
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.Em standard
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devices for the system; for example the standard
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.Tn UNIX
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devices
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.Pa /dev/console and /dev/tty;
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the standard hardware dependent devices,
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for example in the VAX family
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the
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.Tn VAX-11/780
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console floppy device,
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.Pa /dev/floppy ,
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and
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.Tn VAX-11/750
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and
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.Tn VAX-11/730
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console cassette device(s),
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.Pa /dev/tu?
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devices would be made for the appropriate system.
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.It Sy local
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Create those devices specific to the local site. This
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request causes the shell file
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.Pa /dev/MAKEDEV.local
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to be executed. Site specific commands, such as those
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used to setup dialup lines as
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.Pa ttyd?
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should be included
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in this file.
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.El
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.Pp
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Since all devices are created using
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.Xr mknod 8 ,
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this shell script is useful only to the super-user.
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs
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called from the script. Use
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.Ql sh -x MAKEDEV
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in case of
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trouble.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr intro 4 ,
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.Xr config 8 ,
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.Xr mknod 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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