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authorAlexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org>1999-09-22 21:43:18 +0000
committerAlexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org>1999-09-22 21:43:18 +0000
commite10bef6e219b02c106503d5176808d7859c9cd80 (patch)
tree3c4f1194bbd3668b84e68365c663796ac2d3accd
parent630bf98376ceca1f4a6be0cc90002abc34d642b6 (diff)
Notes
-rw-r--r--share/man/man8/man8.alpha/MAKEDEV.823
-rw-r--r--share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.823
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/man8.alpha/MAKEDEV.8 b/share/man/man8/man8.alpha/MAKEDEV.8
index 91a5113bbf45..92cea6aa0faa 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/man8.alpha/MAKEDEV.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/man8.alpha/MAKEDEV.8
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ name ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The shell script
.Nm
-found in the ``/dev'' directory, is used to create the common special
+found in the
+.Dq Pa /dev
+directory, is used to create the common special
files.
See
.Xr intro 4
@@ -53,13 +55,20 @@ for a more complete discussion of special files.
.Nm
takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are
the common abbreviation for the device.
-There are two special devices, ``std'' and ``local''.
+There are two special devices,
+.Dq std
+and
+.Dq local .
The former creates the standard devices for the architecture.
The latter is for devices specific to the local site, and
-executes the shell file ``MAKEDEV.local''.
+executes the shell file
+.Dq Pa MAKEDEV.local .
.Pp
The Alpha supports the following devices.
-Where a device name is followed by a hash sign (``#''), the hash sign
+Where a device name is followed by a hash sign (
+.Dq #
+),
+the hash sign
must be replaced by a unit number.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It std
@@ -70,7 +79,8 @@ configuration specific devices
.It tty#
standard PC COM ports
.It fd#
-``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)
+.Dq floppy
+disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)
.It pty#
set of 32 master and slave pseudo terminals
.It da#
@@ -80,7 +90,8 @@ SCSI tape drives
.It vty#
set of 12 virtual console devices for syscons/pcvt/codrv
.It wd#
-``winchester'' disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.)
+.Dq winchester
+disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.)
.It wt#
QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape
.El
diff --git a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8 b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8
index edc468dde674..9c9fae69e489 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ name ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The shell script
.Nm
-found in the ``/dev'' directory, is used to create the common special
-files.
+found in the
+.Dq Pa /dev
+directory, is used to create the common special files.
See
.Xr intro 4
for a more complete discussion of special files.
@@ -53,13 +54,19 @@ for a more complete discussion of special files.
.Nm
takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are
the common abbreviation for the device.
-There are two special devices, ``std'' and ``local''.
+There are two special devices,
+Dq std
+and
+Dq local .
The former creates the standard devices for the architecture.
The latter is for devices specific to the local site, and
-executes the shell file ``MAKEDEV.local''.
+executes the shell file
+Dq Pa MAKEDEV.local .
.Pp
The i386 supports the following devices.
-Where a device name is followed by a hash sign (``#''), the hash sign
+Where a device name is followed by a hash sign (
+.Dq #
+), the hash sign
must be replaced by a unit number.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It std
@@ -70,7 +77,8 @@ configuration specific devices
.It tty#
standard PC COM ports
.It fd#
-``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)
+.Dq floppy
+disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)
.It pty#
set of 32 master and slave pseudo terminals
.It da#
@@ -80,7 +88,8 @@ SCSI tape drives
.It vty#
set of 12 virtual console devices for syscons/pcvt/codrv
.It wd#
-``winchester'' disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.)
+.Dq winchester
+disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.)
.It wt#
QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape
.El