# intro(4) - man - phpMan

[INTRO(4)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/INTRO/4/markdown)                              Linux Programmer's Manual                             [INTRO(4)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/INTRO/4/markdown)



## 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 copyright conditions.
       Note that these can be different from page to page!

## SEE ALSO
       [**mknod**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mknod/1/markdown), [**mknod**(2)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mknod/2/markdown), [**standards**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/standards/7/markdown)

## COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 5.10 of the Linux  _man-pages_  project.   A  description  of  the
       project,  information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found
       at <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/>.



Linux                                        2017-09-15                                     [INTRO(4)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/INTRO/4/markdown)