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

NAME
     MAKEDEV.local — create site-specific device special files

SYNOPSIS
     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 argu‐
			 ment.
     /dev/MAKEDEV.local	 script described in this man page

SEE ALSO
     config(1), intro(4), MAKEDEV(8), mknod(8)

HISTORY
     The MAKEDEV.local command appeared in 4.2BSD.  Handling of the same com‐
     mand 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).

BSD				August 6, 2011				   BSD
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