majorsinuse(ADM)                19 June 1992                majorsinuse(ADM)


 Name

    majorsinuse - display the list of major device numbers currently
    specified in the mdevice file

 Syntax

    /etc/conf/cf.d/majorsinuse

 Description

    This script searches the mdevice file and displays a list of the major
    device numbers already in use.

    When installing a device driver with the Link Kit, you can use
    majorsinuse to find an available major device number for the driver.
    When you invoke the configure(ADM) program to modify the system configu-
    ration files with the new driver information, use the -m option to indi-
    cate the major device number of the driver.

    The -j option to configure performs a function similar to that of
    majorsinuse.  If you give the -j option with the next major keyword, con-
    figure tells you the next available major device number.

 File

    /etc/conf/cf.d/mdevice

 See also

    configure(ADM), mdevice(F)

 Value added

    majorsinuse is an extension of AT&T System V provided by The Santa Cruz
    Operation, Inc.