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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/mknod/mknod.8')
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diff --git a/sbin/mknod/mknod.8 b/sbin/mknod/mknod.8 index 9de2804..22efbd1 100644 --- a/sbin/mknod/mknod.8 +++ b/sbin/mknod/mknod.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)mknod.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 31, 2009 +.Dd January 31, 2010 .Dt MKNOD 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Ar name +.Nm +.Ar name .Op Cm b | c .Ar major minor .Op Ar owner : Ns Ar group @@ -52,14 +54,14 @@ systems. The .Nm utility creates device special files. -To make nodes manually, the four required arguments are: +To make nodes manually, the arguments are: .Pp .Bl -tag -width indent .It Ar name Device name, for example -.Dq sd -for a SCSI disk on an HP300 or a -.Dq pty +.Pa /dev/da0 +for a SCSI disk or +.Pa /dev/pts/0 for pseudo-terminals. .It Cm b | c Type of device. @@ -110,13 +112,13 @@ The .Nm utility can be used to recreate deleted device nodes under a .Xr devfs 5 -mount point by invoking it using dummy arguments. +mount point by invoking it with only a filename as an argument. Example: .Pp -.Dl "mknod cd0 c 0 0" +.Dl "mknod /dev/cd0" .Pp where -.Dq Li cd0 +.Pa /dev/cd0 is the name of the deleted device node. .Sh COMPATIBILITY The |
