6 .Nd make/describe device files
16 may be used to create the device files normally found in the /dev directory.
18 knows about all supported devices and will create them in the current
19 directory with the proper owner and mode. For many devices
21 will not only create the device you want, but also the devices related
22 to it that you will probably want too. Naming one floppy device will
23 create all floppy devices for the same drive for instance.
25 The options are as follows:
26 .Bl -tag -width Xxxexcludexfilexx
28 echo the commands it would execute when you call it without that flag.
32 formatted lines instead of creating the device nodes.
34 Restricted set of devices. This set is used when generating the ramdisk.
36 Standard set of devices. This set is used when popluating /dev.
40 arguments are simply the names of the devices you want to create. Call
42 without arguments to see a list of keys that it understands.
46 will give you a one-line description of a given device. By default It
47 will list all devices in /dev.
54 to create devices may cause many "File exists" errors from
57 Written by Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl) and Lionel A. Sambuc (lionel@minix3.org)