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DEVPUBD(8)              NetBSD System Manager's Manual              DEVPUBD(8)


NAME

     devpubd -- device publish daemon for automatic device node creation


SYNOPSIS

     devpubd [-f]


DESCRIPTION

     devpubd listens on drvctl(4) for new devices and creates their device
     nodes using MAKEDEV(8) if they are missing.

     When -f is specified, devpubd does not go into the background.

     devpubd runs /libexec/devpubd-run-hooks.  This script runs each script
     found in /libexec/devpubd-hooks in a lexical order with two arguments:
     device-attach or device-detach and the device file name.  The default
     installation supplies the 01-makedev script for creating a device node
     and the 02-wedgenames script for creating symlinks to wedge devices under
     /dev/wedges.  Additional scripts may be added for other dynamic device
     actions.


SEE ALSO

     drvctl(8), MAKEDEV(8)


HISTORY

     A devpubd utility appeared in NetBSD 6.0.

NetBSD 9.4_STABLE             September 11, 2016             NetBSD 9.4_STABLE