NAME
makedev - make system special files

SYNOPSIS
/dev/MAKEDEV device...

DESCRIPTION
MAKEDEV is a shell script normally used to install special files.
It resides in the /dev directory, as this is 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 4 of this manual and "?" is a logical unit
number (0-9). A few special arguments create assorted collections
of devices and are listed below.

std Create the standard devices for the system; e.g. /dev/console,
/dev/tty, /dev/ttya /dev/ttyb - the Macintosh serial ports.

local
Create those devices specific to the local site. This request
causes the shell file /dev/MAKEDEV.local to be executed. Site
specific commands, such as those used to setup dialup lines as
"ttyd?" should be included in this file.

Since all devices are created using mknod(8), this shell script is
useful only to the super-user.

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

SEE ALSO
intro(4), mknod(8)