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From: greg@eemips.tamu.edu (Greg Economides)
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Subject: where/what is 'makedev' ?
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Date: 8 Aug 90 14:26:28 GMT
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I'm running X11R4 on a Sun 386i (SunOS 4.0.2).  Trying to get xtroff
to run (also have this same problem with xditview).  The problem is that
the docs for these two clients refer to a device creation program
called 'makedev.'  The 386i has /dev/MAKEDEV but this doesn't seem to
be the program that is needed.  

The makedev needed for xtroff needs to be able to take, as a command
line argument, the name of a description file (DESC) and produce
some files of the form '*.out'.  Sun's /dev/MAKEDEV does not appear to
do this.  Does anyone know where I can find the correct makedev, or
how to make mine work in the desired fashion?

Thanks for helping.

Peace,
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Greg Economides             Internet:  greg@zadok.tamu.edu
Texas A&M University                   greg@eemips.tamu.edu