Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 00:18:07 -0300 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> To: "Vivek Khera" <vivek@khera.org> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is it possible to create a directory under /dev? Message-ID: <e71790db0805212018g766c6cedw2e75ff4c86319a6b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <D8822916-D7B0-4ADB-87A9-03487069E8C9@khera.org> References: <e71790db0805210544h7ec88c74xceb02e98eed0f1ec@mail.gmail.com> <D8822916-D7B0-4ADB-87A9-03487069E8C9@khera.org>
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On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> wrote: > > On May 21, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > >> I attempted this: >> >> # mkdir /dev/foo >> mkdir: /dev/foo: Operation not supported >> >> Any suggestions (besides creating it elsewhere, of course)? > > Assuming you're using a modern FreeBSD (version number would be useful), > /dev does not live on a file system. It exists as its own file system, > controlled by devfs. Check the man page for devfs for details. I'm using 7.0-STABLE. I've read devfs(8), devfs(5) and did not find an answer there. -- Carlos A. M. dos Santos
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