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diff --git a/file_cmds/mknod/mknod.8 b/file_cmds/mknod/mknod.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb4f292 --- /dev/null +++ b/file_cmds/mknod/mknod.8 @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: mknod.8,v 1.15 1998/09/11 07:20:48 mycroft Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)mknod.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 +.\" +.Dd September 11, 1998 +.Dt MKNOD 8 +.Os NetBSD 1.4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm mknod +.Nd make device special file +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl F Ar format +.Ar name +.Op Cm c | Cm b +.Ar major minor +.Nm +.Op Fl F Ar format +.Ar name +.Op Cm c | Cm b +.Ar major unit subunit +.Nm +.Ar name +.Op Cm c | Cm b +.Ar number +.Nm +.Ar name +.Ar w +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +command creates device special files. +.Pp +To make nodes manually, the required arguments are: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width majorx +.It Ar name +Device name, for example +.Dq sd +for a SCSI disk on an HP300 or a +.Dq pty +for pseudo-devices. +.It Cm b | Cm c | Cm w +Type of device. If the +device is a block type device such as a tape or disk drive which needs +both cooked and raw special files, +the type is +.Cm b . +Whiteout nodes are type +.Cm w . +All other devices are character type devices, such as terminal +and pseudo devices, and are type +.Cm c . +.It Ar major +The major device number is an integer number which tells the kernel +which device driver entry point to use. +.It Ar minor +The minor device number tells the kernel which one of several similar +devices the node corresponds to; for example, it may be a specific serial +port or pty. +.It Ar unit and subunit +The unit and subunit numbers select a subset of a device; for example, the +unit may specify a particular SCSI disk, and the subunit a partition on +that disk. (Currently this form of specification is only supported by the +.Ar bsdos +format, for compatibility with the +.Bsx +.Xr mknod 8 . ) +.El +.Pp +Device numbers for different operating systems may be packed in a different +format. To create device nodes that may be used by such an operating system +(e.g. in an exported file system used for netbooting), the +.Fl F +option is used. The following formats are recognized: +native, +386bsd, +4bsd, +bsdos, +freebsd, +hpux, +isc, +linux, +netbsd, +osf1, +sco, +solaris, +sunos, +svr3, +svr4 and +ultrix. +.Pp +Alternatively, a single opaque device number may be specified. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mkfifo 1 , +.Xr mkfifo 2 , +.Xr mknod 2 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At v6 . +The +.Fl F +option appeared in +.Nx 1.4 . |