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devfsadm — Administration command for `/dev`. Maintains the `/dev` namespace. More information: <https://www.un

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Problem

How to use the devfsadm command: Administration command for /dev. Maintains the /dev namespace. More information: <https://www.unix.com/man-page/sunos/1m/devfsadm>.

Solution

devfsadm — Administration command for /dev. Maintains the /dev namespace. More information: <https://www.unix.com/man-page/sunos/1m/devfsadm>.

Scan for new disks:

devfsadm -c disk

Cleanup any dangling /dev links and scan for new device:

devfsadm -C -v

Dry-run - output what would be changed but make no modifications:

devfsadm -C -v -n

Code Snippets

Scan for new disks

devfsadm -c disk

Cleanup any dangling /dev links and scan for new device

devfsadm -C -v

Dry-run - output what would be changed but make no modifications

devfsadm -C -v -n

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tldr-pages: sunos/devfsadm

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