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From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org>
To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: error in documentation
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And Mark Ovens spoke:

> BTW, can anyone explain why many (most?) people suggest running ``sh
> MAKEDEV <device>'' rather than ``./MAKEDEV <device'' (assuming both
> are preceded by ``cd /dev'')?

It's to make sure that the MAKEDEV script is run by sh, and not whatever
shell you happen to be running, such as csh for example.

Joseph


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