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DEVICES 5 "Jun 8, 2006"
NAME
devices, devid_cache, snapshot_cache, mdi_scsi_vhci_cache, mdi_ib_cache, devname_cache - device configuration information
SYNOPSIS

/etc/devices

/etc/devices/devid_cache

/etc/devices/snapshot_cache

/etc/devices/mdi_scsi_vhci_cache

/etc/devices/mdi_ib_cache

/etc/devices/devname_cache
DESCRIPTION

The directory /etc/devices is a repository of device-related data. Files in this directory are used to preserve this information across reboots and are created and updated as necessary by the system.

There are no administrative actions necessary with respect to files in /etc/devices. Should the contents of a file become corrupted or an update fail, the file can simply be removed. The system re-creates the file as necessary.

SEE ALSO

dev (4FS), devfsadm (8), ddi_devid_compare (9F), ddi_devid_compare (9F)

NOTES

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