define(COMM,`. include(MAKEDEV.mansub)dnl dnl vers(a, {-$OpenBSD: MAKEDEV.man,v 1.3 2004/03/12 18:12:12 miod Exp $-})dnl dnl define(quote,{-.Dq $1 -})dnl include(MAKEDEV.common)dnl dnl __devtitle(make,{-Special device names-})dnl __devitem({-all-},{-all-},dnl {-Creates special files for all devices on MACHINE-},nothing)dnl __devitem(std,{-std-},dnl {-Creates the ‘standard’ devices (console, drum, klog, kmem, ksyms, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero) which are absolutely necessary for the system to function properly-},nothing)dnl __devitem(local,local,dnl {-Creates configuration-specific devices{-,-} by invoking the shell file MAKEDEV.local -},nothing)dnl define({-_std-},)dnl divert(1)dnl dnl send md shell fragments to the bit bucket... define(__mddivert,11)dnl include(etc.MACHINE/MAKEDEV.md)dnl dnl
MAKEDEV(8)

divert(0)dnl show_vers()dnl <-- now that all files are included, show versions

NAME
MAKEDEV - create system and device special files

SYNOPSIS
MAKEDEV name [...]

DESCRIPTION
The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files.

MAKEDEV takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are the common abbreviation for the device or group of devices.

Where a device name is followed by a star ‘*’, the star must be replaced by a unit number. If units are expected for a device but not provided, MAKEDEV will supply the standard numbers in most cases.

The MACHINE supports the following devices: divert(9)dnl

FILES
/dev
    The special file directory.

SEE ALSO
intro(4), config(8), mknod(8)