OSCONFIG(8,C)               AIX Commands Reference                OSCONFIG(8,C)



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osconfig



PURPOSE

Installs AIX device drivers.

SYNTAX


                 +----------------+  +----------------+  +----------------+
/etc/osconfig ---|     one of     |--|     one of     |--| +------------+ |---|
                 | +------------+ |  | +------------+ |  +-| -c stanza  |-+
                 +-| -a stanza  |-+  +-| -d stanza  |-+   ^| -h helpdir ||
                   | -as stanza |      | -ds stanza |     || -m mfile   ||
                   +------------+      +------------+     || -s syfile  ||
                                                          || -startup   ||
                                                          |+------------+|
                                                          +--------------+


Warning: See restrictions, Chapter 18, AIX Programming Tools and Interfaces.

DESCRIPTION

The osconfig command installs AIX device drivers.  Normally, it runs
automatically at each system startup.  Its exit value is the number of errors
it encounters.  The osconfig command performs its operations through the
/dev/config driver.

Note:  Most users never need to run this command from the command line.

FLAGS

-a  stanza   Adds devices to a running system.  The osconfig command processes
             the specified stanza in the file /etc/system or in the file
             specified with the -s flag.

-as  stanza  Same as the -a flag except that the osconfig command does not
             invoke the customization helper for the device; it only creates
             the device special file.

-d  stanza   Deletes a device from a running system.  The osconfig command
             processes the specified stanza in the file /etc/system or in the
             file specified with the -s flag.  The special file list produced
             includes commands to remove relevant special files, since the
             osconfig command assumes that the device has been removed from the
             configuration.





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-ds  stanza  Same as the -d flag except that the osconfig command does not
             invoke the customization helper for the device; it only deletes
             the device special file.

-c  stanza   Changes devices on a running system.  The osconfig command
             processes the specified stanza in the file /etc/system or in the
             file specified with the -s flag and sends the appropriate
             information to the device driver.

-h  helpdir  Specifies the directory that contains the configuration helper
             programs.  The default value is the file /etc.

-m  mfile    Specifies the input master configuration file.  The default value
             is the file /etc/master.

-s  syfile   Specifies the input system configuration file.  The default value
             is the file /etc/system.

-startup     Causes all defined devices to be configured in at system startup.
             For devices such as minidisks, which remain configured between
             system restarts, the osconfig command does not perform once-only
             configuration steps.  It does not modify special files that
             already exist.

FILES

/etc/confgstatus    Status file recording current configuration status
/etc/system         Default system file
/etc/master         Default master file
specials            Default special file list
/etc                Default directory containing configuration helper programs
/etc/ddi            Directory containing device specific information files

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following command:  "config."

See the master and system files in AIX Operating System Technical Reference.

















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