SysIII/usr/src/man/man1/devnm.1m

.TH DEVNM 1M
.SH NAME
devnm \- device name
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/devnm
[\|names\|]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Devnm\^
identifies the special file
associated with the mounted file system
where the argument \fIname\fP resides.
.PP
This command is most commonly used by
.B /etc/rc
(see
.IR rc (8))
to construct a mount table entry for the
.B root
device.
.SH EXAMPLE
The command:
.RS
/etc/devnm /usr
.RE
produces
.RS
rp1 /usr
.RE
if
.B /usr
is mounted on
.BR /dev/rp1 .
.SH FILES
/dev/rp\(**
.br
/etc/mnttab
.SH SEE ALSO
setmnt(1M).