HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 1M System Administration Commands A-M (vol 3)

fdetach(1M) fdetach(1M)

NAME

fdetach - detach a STREAMS-based ﬁle descriptor from a ﬁlename

SYNOPSIS

fdetach path

DESCRIPTION

The

fdetach command detaches or disassociates a ﬁle descriptor for an open STREAMS device or pipe

from its ﬁlename in the ﬁle system. The path argument is the path that was previously associated with

the ﬁle descriptor by the

fattach() function.

Operations on path will subsequently affect the ﬁle system node, not the STREAMS device or pipe. The

permissions and status of the node are returned to the state that they were in before the STREAMS dev-

ice or pipe was attached. Any other paths that the STREAMS device or pipe may be attached to are not

affected.

To successfully issue the

fdetach command, the user must be superuser or must be the owner of the ﬁle

and have write permission.

RETURN VALUE

fdetach returns 0 (zero) on success. If

fdetach fails, it returns 1 and prints a message to stderr.

EXAMPLES

To detach the ﬁle descriptor for the STREAMS ﬁle

/tmp/streamfile

from its associated ﬁle system

node, enter:

fdetach /tmp/streamfile

FILES

/usr/lib/nls/C/fdetach.cat

NLS catalog for fdetach.