From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Feb 21 5:40:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC1C137B503 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 05:40:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f1LDe0G53121; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 05:40:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from mail.inka.de (quechua.inka.de [212.227.14.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB97A37B491 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 05:30:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from naddy@mips.inka.de) Received: from kemoauc.mips.inka.de (uucp@) by mail.inka.de with local-bsmtp id 14VZLi-0006Vx-00; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:30:30 +0100 Received: (from naddy@localhost) by kemoauc.mips.inka.de (8.11.2/8.11.1) id f1LDMNP46270; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:22:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from naddy) Message-Id: <200102211322.f1LDMNP46270@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:22:23 +0100 (CET) From: Christian Weisgerber Reply-To: naddy@mips.inka.de To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/25252: devfs.5: /devs -> /dev Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >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. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message