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DEVTAB(5)                DragonFly File Formats Manual               DEVTAB(5)


NAME

     devtab -- label conversion file for device paths


DESCRIPTION

     The devtab file contains label conversions for fstab(5), mount(8),
     hammer(8), and other commands which expect device paths.  It is typically
     used to translate longer serial numbers (which devfs(5) automatically
     creates as /dev/serno/<serial>[.suffix]) into short form names.

     devtab is only read by programs, and not written; it is the duty of the
     system administrator to properly create and maintain this file.  Each
     conversion is described on a separate line; fields on each line are sepa-
     rated by tabs or spaces.

     The first field specifies the conversion's label.

     The second field is the conversion's type.  Valid types are

           serno  Translates to /dev/serno

           path   Translates to the path as specified

     The third field specifies the conversion's base path


FILES

     /etc/devtab  The devtab file resides in /etc.


EXAMPLES

     This will translate references like fubar, fubar.s1a etc. to their
     /dev/serno/L123456 counterparts:

           fubar        serno        L123456

     This will translate references like fubar, fubar.s1a etc. to their
     /full/path counterparts:

           fubar        path         /full/path


SEE ALSO

     getdevpath(3), fstab(5), hammer(8), mount(8)


HISTORY

     The devtab file format appeared in DragonFly 2.3.

DragonFly 3.5                 September 13, 2009                 DragonFly 3.5

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