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

NAME
     devpubd - device publish daemon for automatic device node creation

SYNOPSIS
     devpubd [-1f]

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.  With the
     option -1 it will also exit after the initial setup of device nodes.

     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 11.99                   February 24, 2020                  NetBSD 11.99