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MAKEDEV.LOCAL(8) | System Manager's Manual | MAKEDEV.LOCAL(8) |
NAME
MAKEDEV.local — create site-specific device special filesSYNOPSIS
MAKEDEV.local | [-fMsu] [-m mknod] [-p pax] [-t mtree] {all | site-specific-argument} [...] |
DESCRIPTION
MAKEDEV.local is used to create site-specific device special files. Each argument may be the word all or a site-specific argument. By default, there are no valid site-specific arguments, and the all argument has no effect; This may be changed by editing the script.The script is in /dev/MAKEDEV.local. Devices are created in the current working directory; in normal use, MAKEDEV.local should be invoked with /dev as the current working directory.
Supported options for MAKEDEV.local are the same as for MAKEDEV(8).
FILES
- /dev
- special device files directory
- /dev/MAKEDEV
- script that invokes MAKEDEV.local with the all argument.
- /dev/MAKEDEV.local
- script described in this man page
HISTORY
The MAKEDEV.local command appeared in 4.2BSD. Handling of the same command line options as MAKEDEV(8), and the use of MAKEDEV(8) as a function library, was added in NetBSD 5.0.NOTES
The relationship between MAKEDEV.local and MAKEDEV(8) is complex:- If MAKEDEV(8) is invoked with the all or local argument, then it will invoke MAKEDEV.local as a child process, with options similar to those that were originally passed to MAKEDEV(8), and with the all argument.
- MAKEDEV.local uses shell functions defined in MAKEDEV(8). This is done by loading MAKEDEV(8) using the shell “.” command, with the MAKEDEV_AS_LIBRARY variable set (to inform MAKEDEV(8) that it should behave as a function library, not as an independent program).
August 6, 2011 | NetBSD 7.0 |