1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2009 3.\" The DragonFly Project. All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in 13.\" the documentation and/or other materials provided with the 14.\" distribution. 15.\" 3. Neither the name of The DragonFly Project nor the names of its 16.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 17.\" from this software without specific, prior written permission. 18.\" 19.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS 20.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT 21.\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS 22.\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 23.\" COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 24.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, 25.\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; 26.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED 27.\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, 28.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT 29.\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.Dd September 13, 2009 33.Dt DEVTAB 5 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm devtab 37.Nd label conversion file for device paths 38.Sh DESCRIPTION 39The 40.Nm 41file contains label conversions for 42.Xr fstab 5 , 43.Xr mount 8 , 44.Xr hammer 8 , 45and other commands which expect device paths. 46It is typically used to translate longer serial numbers (which 47.Xr devfs 5 48automatically creates as 49.Pa /dev/serno/<serial>[.suffix] ) 50into short form names. 51.Pp 52.Nm 53is only read by programs, and not written; 54it is the duty of the system administrator to properly create 55and maintain this file. 56Each conversion is described on a separate line; 57fields on each line are separated by tabs or spaces. 58.Pp 59The first field specifies the conversion's label. 60.Pp 61The second field is the conversion's type. 62Valid types are 63.Bl -tag -width ".Sy serno" -offset indent 64.It Sy serno 65Translates to 66.Pa /dev/serno 67.It Sy path 68Translates to the path as specified 69.El 70.Pp 71The third field specifies the conversion's base path 72.Sh FILES 73.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/devtab" -compact 74.It Pa /etc/devtab 75The 76.Nm 77file resides in 78.Pa /etc . 79.El 80.Sh EXAMPLES 81This will translate references like 82.Sy fubar , 83.Sy fubar.s1a 84etc.\& to their 85.Pa /dev/serno/L123456 86counterparts: 87.Pp 88.Dl "fubar serno L123456" 89.Pp 90This will translate references like 91.Sy fubar , 92.Sy fubar.s1a 93etc.\& to their 94.Pa /full/path 95counterparts: 96.Pp 97.Dl "fubar path /full/path" 98.Sh SEE ALSO 99.Xr getdevpath 3 , 100.Xr fstab 5 , 101.Xr hammer 8 , 102.Xr mount 8 103.Sh HISTORY 104The 105.Nm 106file format appeared in 107.Dx 2.3 . 108