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

insf(1M) insf(1M)

All of the instance numbers available for the device class are already assigned. Use the

rmsf com-

mand to remove any unneeded devices from the system (see rmsf(1M)).

Don’t know how to handle driver name

- no special files created for path

insf does not know how to create special ﬁles for the speciﬁed device driver. Use

mknod to create

special ﬁles for the device (see mknod(1M)).

EXAMPLES

Install special ﬁles for all new devices belonging to the

tty device class:

insf -C tty

Install special ﬁles to the new device added at hardware path

2/4.0.0:

insf -H 2/4.0.0

WARNINGS

insf can change the mode, owner, or group of an existing special ﬁle, or unlink and recreate one; special

ﬁles that are currently open may be left in an indeterminate state. Hence

insf is recommended to be

run in single-user mode.

Many commands and subsystems assume their device ﬁles are in

/dev, therefore the use of the -D option

is discouraged.

AUTHOR

insf was developed by HP.

FILES

/dev/config I/O system special ﬁle

/etc/ioconfig I/O system conﬁguration database