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@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ sometimes also called
They are usually located under the directory
.Pa /dev
in the file system hierarchy
-.Pq see also Xr hier 7 .
+(see also
+.Xr hier 7 ) .
.Pp
Until
.Xr devfs 5
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ Some devices come in two flavors:
and
.Em character
devices, or by a better name, buffered and unbuffered
-.Pq raw
+(raw)
devices. The traditional names are reflected by the letters
.Ql b
and
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ device. This includes making backups of entire disk partitions, or
to
.Em raw
floppy disks
-.Pq i.e. those used like tapes .
+(i.e. those used like tapes).
.Pp
Access restrictions to device nodes are usually subject of the regular
file permissions of the device node entry, instead of being implied
@@ -146,11 +147,9 @@ manual pages in this section provide a sample line for the
configuration file in their synopsis portion. See also the sample
config file
.Pa /sys/i386/conf/LINT
-.Po
-for the
+(for the
.Em i386
-architecture
-.Pc .
+architecture).
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr close 2 ,
.Xr ioctl 2 ,
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