devinfo(1M)

NAME

     devinfo - print device specific information

SYNOPSIS

     /usr/sbin/devinfo -i device

     /usr/sbin/devinfo -p device

DESCRIPTION

     The devinfo command is used to print device specific  infor-
     mation  about  disk devices on standard out. The command can
     only be used by the superuser.

OPTIONS

     -i    Prints the following device information:

              o  Device name

              o  Software version (not supported and prints as 0)

              o  Drive id number (not supported and prints as 0)

              o  Device blocks per cylinder

              o  Device bytes per block

              o  Number of device partitions with  a  block  size
                 greater than zero

     -p    Prints the following device partition information:

              o  Device name

              o  Device major and minor numbers (in hexadecimal)

              o  Partition start block

              o  Number of blocks allocated to the partition

              o  Partition flag

              o  Partition tag

     This command is used by various  other  commands  to  obtain
     device  specific  information for the making of file systems
     and determining partition  information. If the device cannot
     be opened, an error message is reported.

OPERANDS

     device
           Device name.

EXIT STATUS

     0     Successful operation.

     2     Operation failed.

ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

     prtvtoc(1M), attributes(5)