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Date:      Fri, 6 Feb 2004 19:08:57 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        sfd <sfd@adelphia.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Creating device files in /dev
Message-ID:  <20040206190751.O20313@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <003901c3ebf9$989cc1e0$6700a8c0@Eric>
References:  <003901c3ebf9$989cc1e0$6700a8c0@Eric>

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On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, sfd wrote:

> I'm running Freebsd 5.1and I'm unable to create a device file or pipe
> file in the /dev directory.
>
> /dev is a devfs file system which seems to be the problem.
>
> Is there any way around this?  Either by adding an entry to a
> kernel config file or using the devfs command to create them?
>
> I have a backup program that needs to create a device file and pipe
> file that reside in /dev  This is a must for my backups and recovery.

What program is this, so we can avoid it? :)

It might be possible using the devfs config bits to create a symlink that
points elsewhere.

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Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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