INTRO(4)

NAME
intro - introduction to special files

DESCRIPTION
Section 4 of the manual describes special files (devices).

FILES
/dev/* — device files

NOTES

  Authors and copyright conditions
Look at the header of the manual page source for the author(s) and copyright conditions. Note that these can be different from page to page!

SEE ALSO
mknod(1), mknod(2), standards(7)

COLOPHON
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