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 ALSOconfig(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).
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