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.

February 24, 2020 | NetBSD 10.0