NAME
MAKEDEV, DESCRIBE - make/describe device files
SYNOPSIS
MAKEDEV [-n] key ...
DESCRIBE [device] ...
DESCRIPTION
MAKEDEV may be used to create the device files normally
found in the /dev directory. The key arguments are simply
the names of the devices you want. MAKEDEV knows about all
supported devices and will create them in the current direc-
tory with the proper owner and mode. For many devices MAK-
EDEV will not only create the device you want, but also the
devices related to it that you will probably want too. Nam-
ing one floppy device will create all floppy devices for the
same drive for instance.
Call MAKEDEV without arguments to see a list of keys that it
understands. Then use the -n flag to make the script echo
the commands it will execute the next time when you call it
without that flag.
The special key std must be given alone to MAKEDEV. This
key will create all standard devices.
The command DESCRIBE will give you a one-line description of
a given device. It will by default list all devices in
/dev.
SEE ALSO
dev(4), mknod(8).
BUGS
MAKEDEV's eagerness to create devices may cause many "File
exists" errors from mknod.
AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)