Need help creating device files

[Pankaj Garg]

I would like to create a alternative for device file /dev/tty0p0 to /dev/spaceball. Can someone tell me how can I do it?

Thanks

[Tom Geudens]

Hi,
I don't know if this works for terminals, but we work with simple symbolic links for tapedrives. Might do :
root/sv00128#ll /dev/robot*
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 13 Apr 3 2001 /dev/robotdass_drv0 -> /dev/rmt/3mnb
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 13 Apr 3 2001 /dev/robotdass_drv1 -> /dev/rmt/2mnb
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 13 Apr 12 15:32 /dev/robotwilg_drv0 -> /dev/rmt/4mnb
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 22 Mar 28 11:22 /dev/robotwilg_drv1 -> /dev/rmt/c16t3d0BESTnb
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 14 Apr 12 15:32 /dev/robotwilg_drv3 -> /dev/rmt/11mnb

Creation is as follows
ln -s /dev/rmt/11mnb /dev/robotwilg_drv3

Regards,
Tom

[Tore_1]

symbolic link?

ln -s /dev/tty0p0 /dev/spaceball.

[Carlos Fernandez Riera]

hardlink ?

ln tty0p0 spaceball


New special file ?

mknod /dev/spaceball c 1 0x000000