NAME
MAKEDEV.local —
create site-specific device special
files
SYNOPSIS
MAKEDEV.local |
[-fMsu] [-m
mknod] [-p
pax] [-t
mtree] {all |
site-specific-argument}
[...] |
DESCRIPTION
MAKEDEV.local is used to create site-specific device
special files. Each argument may be the word all or a
site-specific argument. By default, there are no valid site-specific
arguments, and the all argument has no effect; This
may be changed by editing the script.
The script is in /dev/MAKEDEV.local.
Devices are created in the current working directory; in normal use,
MAKEDEV.local should be invoked with
/dev as the current working directory.
Supported options for MAKEDEV.local are
the same as for
MAKEDEV(8).
FILES
- /dev
- special device files directory
- /dev/MAKEDEV
- script that invokes
MAKEDEV.localwith the all argument. - /dev/MAKEDEV.local
- script described in this man page
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The MAKEDEV.local command appeared in
4.2BSD. Handling of the same command line options as
MAKEDEV(8), and the use of
MAKEDEV(8) as a function library, was added in
NetBSD 5.0.
NOTES
The relationship between MAKEDEV.local and
MAKEDEV(8) is complex:
- If MAKEDEV(8) is invoked with the all or
local argument, then it will invoke
MAKEDEV.localas a child process, with options similar to those that were originally passed to MAKEDEV(8), and with the all argument. MAKEDEV.localuses shell functions defined in MAKEDEV(8). This is done by loading MAKEDEV(8) using the shell “.” command, with theMAKEDEV_AS_LIBRARYvariable set (to inform MAKEDEV(8) that it should behave as a function library, not as an independent program).