What Is the Use of Dev in Linux?
Contents /Dev Is the Location of Special or Device Files. It Is a Very Interesting Directory That Highlights One Important Aspect of the Linux Filesystem –...
/dev is the location of special or device files. It is a very interesting directory that highlights one important aspect of the Linux filesystem – everything is a file or a directory.
What is the purpose of dev directory in Linux?
The /dev directory contains the special device files for all the devices. The device files are created during installation, and later with the /dev/MAKEDEV script.
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Where is dev directory in Linux?
All Linux device files are located in the /dev directory which is an integral part of the root (/) filesystem because these device files must be available to the operating system during the boot process.
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