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Date:      Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:22:23 +0100 (CET)
From:      Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/25252: devfs.5: /devs -> /dev
Message-ID:  <200102211322.f1LDMNP46270@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>

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>Number:         25252
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       devfs.5: /devs -> /dev
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Feb 21 05:40:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Christian Weisgerber
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT alpha
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD kemoauc.mips.inka.de 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #0: Tue Feb 20 22:10:02 CET 2001 naddy@kemoauc.mips.inka.de:/usr/src/sys/compile/KEMOAUC alpha

>Description:

The devfs(5) man page still refers to "/devs" rather than "/dev"
as the conventional mount point for devfs.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

Index: devfs.5
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man5/devfs.5,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.8 devfs.5
--- devfs.5	2000/12/14 11:48:25	1.8
+++ devfs.5	2001/02/21 13:08:17
@@ -45,25 +45,25 @@
 .Nm devfs
 .Nd device file system
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
-devfs	/devs	devfs rw 0 0
+devfs	/dev	devfs rw 0 0
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The device file system, or
 .Nm ,
 provides access to kernel's device 
 namespace in the global filesystem namespace.
 The conventional mount point is
-.Pa /devs .
+.Pa /dev .
 .Pp
 The filesystem includes several directories, links, symbolic links
 and devices, some of which can also be written.  In a chroot'ed
 environment,
 .Nm
 can be used to create a new
-.Pa /devs
+.Pa /dev
 mount point.
 .Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /devs/XXXX -compact
-.It Pa /devs
+.Bl -tag -width /dev/XXXX -compact
+.It Pa /dev
 The normal
 .Nm 
 mount point.
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