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diff --git a/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt b/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt index 99ecdea82..27517b3b9 100644 --- a/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt +++ b/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt @@ -20,14 +20,15 @@ It takes the form of a line for each file, with the following layout: There are a few non-trivial blocks here: - +name+ is the path to the file you want to create/modify -- +type+ is the type of the file, being one of : +- +type+ is the type of the file, being one of: * f: a regular file * d: a directory * c: a character device file * b: a block device file * p: a named pipe - +mode+, +uid+ and +gid+ are the usual permissions settings -- +major+ and +minor+ are here for device files +- +major+ and +minor+ are here for device files - set to - for other + files - +start+, +inc+ and +count+ are for when you want to create a batch of files, and can be reduced to a loop, beginning at +start+, incrementing its counter by +inc+ until it reaches +count+ |