MAKEDEV(8)                  System Manager's Manual                 MAKEDEV(8)

NAME
     makedev - create device files

SYNOPSIS
     makedev [-f] [-p conf_path]

DESCRIPTION
     The makedev command creates device special files for the system.

     The options are as follows:

     -f      Force the unlinking of the files specified in the configuration
             file before recreating the special file. You should reboot the
             system after using this option.

     -p conf_path
             Use the configuration file conf_path instead of the default con-
             figuration file /etc/dev.conf.

     To successfully use this utility you must be the Administrator or a mem-
     ber of the Administrators group.

     Generally speaking this utility needs only to be run once after installa-
     tion of Interix and will be done so automatically.

     If you experience difficulty opening a file descriptor to any of the spe-
     cial device files then it is possible that a security descriptor (main-
     tained by the subsystem) has had an incorrect number generation. Regener-
     ating the special device files using the -f option to this utility would
     be recommended. If special device files have been created elsewhere on
     the system then they too should be regenerated. You can have this auto-
     mated by maintaining a configuration file.

FILES
     /etc/dev.conf

SEE ALSO
     chmod(1), mkfifo(1), mkfifo(2), mknod(1), mknod(2), unlink(2)

HISTORY
     This is a clean re-write for Interix.

Interix                          July 10, 2007                         Interix