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+.\"     @(#)makedev.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 5, 1993
+.Dt MAKEDEV 8
+.Os BSD 4.2
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm makedev
+.Nd make system special files
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm MAKEDEV
+.Ar device ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm MAKEDEV
+is a shell script normally used to install
+special files.  It resides in the 
+.Pa /dev
+directory, as this is the normal location of special files.
+Arguments to 
+.Nm MAKEDEV
+are usually of the form
+.Ar device-name Ns Sy \&?
+where
+.Ar device-name
+is one of the supported devices listed in section 4 of the
+manual and
+.Dq Sy \&?
+is a logical unit number (0-9).  A few
+special arguments create assorted collections of devices and are
+listed below.
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Sy std
+Create the
+.Em standard
+devices for the system; for example the standard
+.Tn UNIX
+devices
+.Pa /dev/console and /dev/tty;
+the standard hardware dependent devices,
+for example in the VAX family
+the
+.Tn VAX-11/780
+console floppy device,
+.Pa /dev/floppy ,
+and
+.Tn VAX-11/750
+and
+.Tn VAX-11/730
+console cassette device(s),
+.Pa /dev/tu?
+devices would be made for the appropriate system.
+.It Sy local
+Create those devices specific to the local site.  This
+request causes the shell file 
+.Pa /dev/MAKEDEV.local
+to be executed.  Site specific commands, such as those
+used to setup dialup lines as
+.Pa ttyd?
+should be included
+in this file.
+.El
+.Pp
+Since all devices are created using 
+.Xr mknod 8 ,
+this shell script is useful only to the super-user.
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs
+called from the script.  Use
+.Ql sh -x MAKEDEV
+in case of
+trouble.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr intro 4 ,
+.Xr config 8 ,
+.Xr mknod 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.Bx 4.2 .