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DEVFS(5)		 DragonFly File Formats Manual		      DEVFS(5)

NAME
     devfs -- device file system

DESCRIPTION
     The device file system, or devfs, provides access to kernel's device
     namespace in the global file system namespace.  It is mounted automati-
     cally on /dev.

     The file system includes several directories, links, symbolic links and
     devices, some of which can also be written.  In a chroot'ed environment,
     devfs can be used to create a new /dev mount point.

FILES
     /dev	The normal devfs mount point.

SEE ALSO
     devfsctl(8)

HISTORY
     The devfs file system first appeared in DragonFly 2.3.

AUTHORS
     Alex Hornung

DragonFly 3.5		      September 12, 2009		 DragonFly 3.5