1.\" Copyright (c) 1996
2.\" Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>. All rights reserved.
3.\"
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8.\" This code is derived from software donated to Berkeley by
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| 1.\" Copyright (c) 1996
2.\" Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994
5.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
6.\" All rights reserved.
7.\"
8.\" This code is derived from software donated to Berkeley by
9.\" Jan-Simon Pendry.
10.\"
11.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
12.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
13.\" are met:
14.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
16.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
17.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
18.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
19.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
20.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
21.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
22.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
23.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
24.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
25.\" without specific prior written permission.
26.\"
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35.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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40.\"
41.Dd December 14, 1996
42.Dt devfs 5
43.Os FreeBSD 2.2
44.Sh NAME
45.Nm devfs
46.Nd device file system
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48devfs /devs devfs rw 0 0
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The device file system, or
51.Nm devfs ,
52provides access to kernel's device
53namespace in the global filesystem namespace.
54The conventional mount point is
55.Pa /devs .
56.Pp
57The filesystem includes several directories, links, symbolic links
58and devices, some of which can also be written. In a chroot'ed
59environment,
60.Nm
61can be used to create a new
62.Pa /devs
63mount point.
64.Sh FILES
65.Bl -tag -width /devs/XXXX -compact
66.It Pa /devs
67The normal
68.Nm
69mount point.
70.El
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr mount_devfs 8
73.Sh HISTORY
74The
75.Nm
76filesystem first appeared in
77.Fx 2.0 .
78The
79.Nm
80manual page first appeared in
81.Fx 2.2 .
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41.Dd December 14, 1996
42.Dt devfs 5
43.Os FreeBSD 2.2
44.Sh NAME
45.Nm devfs
46.Nd device file system
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48devfs /devs devfs rw 0 0
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The device file system, or
51.Nm devfs ,
52provides access to kernel's device
53namespace in the global filesystem namespace.
54The conventional mount point is
55.Pa /devs .
56.Pp
57The filesystem includes several directories, links, symbolic links
58and devices, some of which can also be written. In a chroot'ed
59environment,
60.Nm
61can be used to create a new
62.Pa /devs
63mount point.
64.Sh FILES
65.Bl -tag -width /devs/XXXX -compact
66.It Pa /devs
67The normal
68.Nm
69mount point.
70.El
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr mount_devfs 8
73.Sh HISTORY
74The
75.Nm
76filesystem first appeared in
77.Fx 2.0 .
78The
79.Nm
80manual page first appeared in
81.Fx 2.2 .
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