devnm(1M)
devnm --
device name
Synopsis
/usr/sbin/devnm [name . . .]
Description
The devnm command identifies the special file
associated with the mounted file system
where the argument name resides.
One or more names can be specified.
Files
- /dev/dsk/

-
- /dev/rdsk/

-
- /etc/devnm.path
-
- /etc/mnttab
-
- /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore.abi
-
language-specific message file (see LANG on
environ(5))
Usage
The devnm command
is most commonly used by the brc command
to construct a mount table entry for the root device.
devnm uses the file /etc/devnm.path to
determine the device search path.
The default entries in this file are /dev/dsk
and /dev/rdsk.
Examples
The command:
/usr/sbin/devnm /usr
produces:
/dev/dsk/c0b0t0d0s3 /usr
if /usr is mounted on /dev/dsk/c0b0t0d0s3.
References
brc(1M),
mnttab(4)
30 January 1998
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