MAKEDEV(8)MAKEDEV(8)NAMEMAKEDEV - makes system special files
SYNOPSIS
/dev/MAKEDEV [argument] [device-name?...]
DESCRIPTION
The MAKEDEV shell script is normally used to install special files. It
resides in the /dev directory, the normal location of special files.
Arguments to MAKEDEV are usually of the form device-name? where
device-name is one of the supported devices listed in Section 7 of the
Reference Pages and ? is a logical unit number. The argument operand
is one of the following special arguments that create assorted collec‐
tions of devices: Creates all standard device files for all systems.
Standard devices for Alpha systems (in the order they are cre‐
ated) are as follows: klog, kcon, kbinlog, kmem, mem, null, vmz‐
core, console, ws0, mouse0, keyboard0, tty, pty0, pty1, ptmx,
cam, audit, prf, pfcntr, zero, snmpinfo, lockdev, and sysdev0.
Creates a set of 16 LAT device special files, one for each LAT
terminal device. The n specifies the set option. The set option
range is 0 to 38. Specifying lat38 creates 12 LAT device special
files. Creates groups of pseudoterminal device special files,
as follows: Creates pty0 to pty22. Creates pty23 to pty45.
Creates pty46 to pty56. Creates pty57 to pty64. Creates pty65
to pty72. Creates pty73 to pty80. Creates pty81 to pty88.
Creates pty89 to pty96. Creates pty97 to pty101.
The # specifies the group of pseudoterminal device special files
created. Creates a group of packet filter device special files,
as follows: Creates pfilt0 to pfilt63. Creates pfilt0 to
pfilt63. Creates pfilt0 to pfilt127. Creates pfilt0 to
pfilt255. Creates pfilt0 to pfilt511. Creates pfilt0 to
pfilt1023. Creates pfilt0 to pfilt2047. Creates pfilt0 to
pfilt3071. Creates pfilt0 to pfilt4095.
The # specifies the number of ppacket filter device special
files created. Creates those devices specific to the local
site. This request causes the shell file /dev/MAKEDEV.local to
be executed. This file must exist prior to using the local
argument. Site specific commands, such as those used to setup
dialup lines as ttyd? and to create device special files for
third-party devices, should be included in this file.
Because all devices are created using mknod(8) this shell script is
useful only to the superuser.
NOTES
The MAKEDEV script installs files in the current working directory.
Although device special files can be located anywhere on the system,
they are usually created in the /dev directory, since this is where
most applications expect to find them.
Refer to the dsfmgr(8) reference page for information on the Device
Special File Manager program.
ERRORS
Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs called
from the script. Use sh -xMAKEDEV in case of trouble.
SEE ALSO
Commands: config(8), dsfmgr(8), mknod(8)
Interfaces: intro(7), packetfilter(7), pty(7)MAKEDEV(8)
