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authormpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org>1996-12-14 22:34:11 +0000
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+.\" Copyright (c) 1996
+.\" Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software donated to Berkeley by
+.\" Jan-Simon Pendry.
+.\"
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+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
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+.Dd December 14, 1996
+.Dt devfs 5
+.Os FreeBSD 2.2
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm devfs
+.Nd device file system
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+devfs /devs devfs rw 0 0
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The device file system, or
+.Nm devfs ,
+provides access to kernel's device
+namespace in the global filesystem namespace.
+The conventional mount point is
+.Pa /devs .
+.Pp
+The filesystem includes several directories, links, symbolic links
+and devices, some of which can also be written. In a chroot'ed
+environment,
+.Nm
+can be used to create a new
+.Pa /devs
+mount point.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /devs/XXXX -compact
+.It Pa /devs
+The normal
+.Nm
+mount point.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr mount_devfs 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+filesystem first appeared in
+.Bx 4.4 . The
+.Nm
+manual page first appeared in
+.Fx 2.2 .
+.Sh AUTHOR
+The
+.Nm
+manaul page was written by Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>,
+and was based on the
+.Xr mount_devfs 8
+manual page.
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