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3 * public domain -- Dave 'Kill a Cop' Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com>
6 * Make ranges of device files quickly.
7 * known bugs: can't deal with alpha ranges
15 #include <sys/types.h>
18 int makedevs_main(int argc, char **argv)
22 char *basedev, *type, devname[255], buf[255];
23 int major, Sminor, S, E, sbase;
25 if (argc < 7 || *argv[1]=='-')
30 major = atoi(argv[3]);
31 Sminor = atoi(argv[4]);
34 sbase = argc == 8 ? 1 : 0;
54 dev = (major << 8) | Sminor;
55 strcpy(devname, basedev);
58 sprintf(buf, "%d", S);
64 if (mknod(devname, mode, dev))
65 printf("Failed to create: %s\n", devname);
75 And this is what this program replaces. The shell is too slow!
78 local basedev=$1; local S=$2; local E=$3
79 local major=$4; local Sminor=$5; local type=$6
82 if [ ! "$sbase" = "" ]; then
83 mknod "$basedev" $type $major $Sminor
85 Sminor=`expr $Sminor + 1`
88 while [ $S -le $E ]; do
89 mknod "$basedev$S" $type $major $Sminor
91 Sminor=`expr $Sminor + 1`