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.Dd September 11, 2016
.Dt DEVPUBD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm devpubd
.Nd device publish daemon for automatic device node creation
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl f
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
listens on
.Xr drvctl 4
for new devices and creates their device nodes using
.Xr MAKEDEV 8
if they are missing.
.Pp
When
.Fl f
is specified,
.Nm
does not go into the background.
.Pp
.Nm
runs
.Pa /libexec/devpubd-run-hooks .
This script runs each script found in
.Pa /libexec/devpubd-hooks
in a lexical order with two arguments:
.Ar device-attach
or
.Ar device-detach
and the device file name.
The default installation supplies the
.Pa 01-makedev
script for creating a device node and the
.Pa 02-wedgenames
script for creating symlinks to wedge devices under /dev/wedges.
Additional scripts may be added for other dynamic device actions.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr drvctl 8 ,
.Xr MAKEDEV 8
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
utility appeared in
.Nx 6.0 .