man4 - Device files / drivers

INTRO(4) Linux Programmer's Manual INTRO(4)

intro - Introduction to special files

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

/dev/* — device files

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standards(7)

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2007-10-23 Linux

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manCONSOLE(4) console manCONSOLE_CODES(4) console_codes manCONSOLE_IOCTL(4) console_ioctl manDSP56K(4) dsp56k manEPOLL(7) epoll manFD(4) fd manFIFO(7) fifo manFULL(4) full manFUTEX(7) futex manHD(4) hd manINITRD(4) initrd manINTRO(4) intro manMEM(4) kmem manLP(4) lp manMEM(4) mem manMOUSE(4) mouse manNULL(4) null manMEM(4) port manPTS(4) ptmx manPTS(4) pts manRAM(4) ram manRANDOM(4) random manRTC(4) rtc manSD(4) sd manSK98LIN(4) sk98lin manST(4) st manTTY(4) tty manTTYS(4) ttyS manTTY_IOCTL(4) tty_ioctl manRANDOM(4) urandom manVCS(4) vcs manVCS(4) vcsa manWAVELAN(4) wavelan manNULL(4) zero

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