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.TH dev 7FS "9 June 2006" "SunOS 5.11" "File Systems"
.SH NAME
dev \- Device name file system
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBdev\fR filesystem manages the name spaces of devices under the Solaris
operating environment. The global zone's instance of the \fBdev\fR filesystem
is mounted during boot on \fB/dev\fR.
.sp
.LP
A subdirectory under \fB/dev\fR may have unique operational semantics. Most of
the common device names under \fB/dev\fR are created automatically by
\fBdevfsadm\fR(1M).  Others, such as \fB/dev/pts\fR, are dynamic and reflect
the operational state of the system. You can manually generate device names for
newly attached hardware by invoking \fBdevfsadm\fR(1M) or implicitly, by
indirectly causing a lookup or readdir operation in the filesystem to occur.
For example, you can discover a disk that was attached when the system was
powered down (and generate a name for that device) by invoking
\fBformat\fR(1M)).
.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB/dev\fR
.ad
.RS 8n
.rt  
Mount point for the \fB/dev\fR filesystem in the global zone.
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBdevfsadm\fR(1M), \fBformat\fR(1M), \fBdevfs\fR(7FS)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
The global \fB/dev\fR instance cannot be unmounted.