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MAKEDEV(8)                BSD System Manager's Manual               MAKEDEV(8)

NAME
     MAKEDEV, DESCRIBE -- make/describe device files

SYNOPSIS
     MAKEDEV [-n | -m] [-r | -s] [key ...]
     DESCRIBE [device ...]

DESCRIPTION
     MAKEDEV may be used to create the device files normally found in the /dev
     directory.  MAKEDEV knows about all supported devices and will create
     them in the current directory with the proper owner and mode. For many
     devices MAKEDEV will not only create the device you want, but also the
     devices related to it that you will probably want too. Naming one floppy
     device will create all floppy devices for the same drive for instance.

     The options are as follows:

     -n                 echo the commands it would execute when you call it
                        without that flag.

     -m                 echo mtree(8) formatted lines instead of creating the
                        device nodes.

     -r                 Restricted set of devices. This set is used when
                        generating the ramdisk.

     -s                 Standard set of devices. This set is used when
                        popluating /dev.

     key arguments are simply the names of the devices you want to create.
     Call MAKEDEV without arguments to see a list of keys that it understands.

     The command DESCRIBE will give you a one-line description of a given
     device. By default It will list all devices in /dev.

SEE ALSO
     dev(4), mknod(8)

BUGS
     The eagerness of MAKEDEV to create devices may cause many "File exists"
     errors from mknod.

AUTHORS
     Written by Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl) and Lionel A. Sambuc
     (lionel@minix3.org)

BSD                             October 4, 2013                            BSD
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