intro(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual intro(4) NAME intro - introduction to special files DESCRIPTION Section 4 of the manual describes special files (devices). FILES /dev/* -- device files NOTES Authors and copyright conditions Look at the header of the manual page source for the author(s) and copy- right conditions. Note that these can be different from page to page! SEE ALSO mknod(1), mknod(2), standards(7) Linux man-pages 6.18 2025-05-17 intro(4)