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devnm(1M)

device name

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

NAME

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.

This command is most commonly used by the brc command to construct a mount table entry for the root device.

EXAMPLE

The command:

     /usr/sbin/devnm /usr
produces:

     /dev/dsk/c1d0s2 /usr
if /usr is mounted on /dev/dsk/c1d0s2.

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