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



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rdevcvt



PURPOSE

Changes the TCF site number specification of all of the device special files in
a specified file system.

SYNTAX


                      +- old-site-number -+
rdevcvt --- device ---|                   |--- new-site-number ---|
                      +-------- - --------+


DESCRIPTION

The rdevcvt command searches the file system stored on a device for device
special files.  For each file it finds, rdevcvt changes the site specification
in that file to refer to the new-site-number, provided that the special file
had previously referred to the old-site-number.  If the old-site-number is
specified as -, all special files found are converted except those which
referred to site number 0 (using site devices).

The rdevcvt command is usually run only by the chparm command to modify the
device inodes in the /dev directory of the <LOCAL> file system.  Since it is
often necessary to run this command on a mounted file system, extreme care must
be given to make sure that the system is quiescent while this command is
running and that no pipes are in use.  It is recommended that this command not
be run on a mounted file system except when run by the chparm command.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "mknod" and "chparm."

See the inode and fs file formats in AIX Operating System Technical Reference.
















Processed November 8, 1990       RDEVCVT(8,C)                                 1