Table of ContentsMAKEDEV - create and maintain filesystem device entries MAKEDEV [ -vcdnhV ] device or device-group name(s) MAKEDEV is used to maintain the special filesystem entries found in /dev. It creates, or optionally removes, one or more device entries. The names and device numbers are defined in the devinfo file (q.v.); site-specific configuration is found in the file MAKEDEV.cfg. MAKEDEV itself has no knowledge of device information. - -v
- Verbose mode; print out exactly what's being done.
- -c
- Create; create the specified devices. [default]
- -d
- Delete; remove the specified devices instead of creating them.
- -n
- Do nothing; only print what would be done. Implies -v as well.
- -h
- Print a usage message.
- -V
- Print the version string.
The following targets are special: - update
- Run MAKEDEV in update mode. This reads the list of devices currently available from /proc/devices, and updates all entries in /dev to match the device numbers found there.
- local
- Run MAKEDEV to create local devices. This option is obsolete and just prints a warning message. Use devinfo.local and makedev.cfg to achieve the same results.
- /etc/devinfo
- Device information
- /usr/local/etc/devinfo.local
- Local device information
- /etc/devinfo.local
- Alternate localtion for local device information
- /etc/makedev.cfg
- Configuration file
- MAKEDEV.cache
- Cached data for `update'
- /proc/devices
- The kernel's list of current devices
David A. Holland (dholland@husc.harvard.edu)
Based on the older MAKEDEV shell script written by Nick Holloway. Additional ideas were contributed by Rik Faith. The LALR(1) parser generator used to build makedev.c from makedev.syn is a commercial product. You won't be able to do a complete rebuild unless you have it. devinfo(5), makedev.cfg(5)
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