From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 21 17:06:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1D481065677 for ; Wed, 21 May 2008 17:06:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 673DC8FC13 for ; Wed, 21 May 2008 17:06:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m4LH62Vn021040; Wed, 21 May 2008 19:06:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m4LH61Zb021039; Wed, 21 May 2008 19:06:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 19:06:02 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200805211706.m4LH61Zb021039@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, unixmania@gmail.com In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 21 May 2008 19:06:02 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: Is it possible to create a directory under /dev? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, unixmania@gmail.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 17:06:04 -0000 Carlos A. M. dos Santos <> wrote: > I attempted this: > > # mkdir /dev/foo > mkdir: /dev/foo: Operation not supported DEVFS is a "virtual" filesystem, i.e. its contents are not stored on disk, but they're dunamically created by the kernel. Subdirectories only come into existence when a driver creates one for its own purposes, e.g. gmirror creates a /dev/mirror directory. > Any suggestions (besides creating it elsewhere, of course)? That depends on the purpose. *Why* do you want to create a subdirectory in /dev? What do you want to do with it? Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd $ dd if=/dev/urandom of=test.pl count=1 $ file test.pl test.pl: perl script text executable