MAKEDEV.local —
create site-specific device special files
MAKEDEV.local |
[-fMsu] [-m
mknod] [-p
pax] [-t
mtree] {all |
site-specific-argument}
[...] |
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).
- /dev
- special device files directory
- /dev/MAKEDEV
- script that invokes
MAKEDEV.local with the
all argument.
- /dev/MAKEDEV.local
- script described in this man page
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.
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.local as a
child process, with options similar to those that were originally passed
to MAKEDEV(8), and with the
all argument.
MAKEDEV.local uses shell functions defined in
MAKEDEV(8). This is done by
loading MAKEDEV(8) using
the shell “.” command, with the
MAKEDEV_AS_LIBRARY variable set (to inform
MAKEDEV(8) that it should
behave as a function library, not as an independent program).