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MAKEDEV(8)
NAME
  MAKEDEV - makes system special files

SYNOPSIS
  /dev/MAKEDEV [argument] [device-name?...]

DESCRIPTION
  The MAKEDEV shell script is normally used to install special files. It
  resides in the /dev directory, the normal location of special files.
  Arguments to MAKEDEV are usually of the form device-name? where device-name
  is one of the supported devices listed in Section 7 of the Reference Pages
  and ? is a logical unit number. The argument operand is one of the
  following special arguments that create assorted collections of devices:

  std	  Creates all standard device files for all systems.

	  Standard devices for Alpha systems are as follows: klog, kmem, mem,
	  null, console, tty, pty0, pty1, kbinlog, ptmx, pm0, and cam.

  latn	  Creates a set of 16 LAT device special files, one for each LAT
	  terminal device. The n specifies the set option.  The set option
	  range is 0 to 38. Specifying lat38 creates 12 LAT device special
	  files.

  PTY_#	  Creates groups of pseudoterminal device special files, as follows:

	  PTY_1	  Creates pty0 to pty22.

	  PTY_2	  Creates pty23 to pty45.

	  PTY_3	  Creates pty46 to pty56.

	  PTY_4	  Creates pty57 to pty64.

	  PTY_5	  Creates pty65 to pty72.

	  PTY_6	  Creates pty73 to pty80.

	  PTY_7	  Creates pty81 to pty88.

	  PTY_8	  Creates pty89 to pty96.

	  PTY_9	  Creates pty97 to pty101.

	  The # specifies the group of pseudoterminal device special files
	  created.

  local	  Creates those devices specific to the local site.  This request
	  causes the shell file /dev/MAKEDEV.local to be executed.  This file
	  must exist prior to using the local argument. Site specific
	  commands, such as those used to setup dialup lines as ttyd? and to
	  create device special files for all non-Compaq devices, should be
	  included in this file.

  Because all devices are created using mknod(8) this shell script is useful
  only to the superuser.

NOTES
  The MAKEDEV script installs files in the current working directory.
  Although device special files can be located anywhere on the system, they
  are usually created in the /dev directory, since this is where most
  applications expect to find them.

  Refer to the dsfmgr(8) reference page for information on the Device Special
  File Manager program.

ERRORS
  Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs called from
  the script.  Use sh -x MAKEDEV in case of trouble.

SEE ALSO
  Commands: config(8), dsfmgr(8), mknod(8)

  Interfaces: intro(7), pty(7)

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