DEVATTR(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures DEVATTR(8)

NAME

devattr - display device attributes

SYNOPSIS

devattr [-v] device [attribute]...

DESCRIPTION

devattr displays the values for a device's attributes. The display
can be presented in two formats. Used without the -v option, only
the attribute values are shown. Used with the -v option, the
attributes are shown in an attribute=value format. When no
attributes are given on the command line, all attributes for the
specified device are displayed in alphabetical order by attribute
name. If attributes are given on the command line, only those
attributes are shown, displayed in command line order.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-v
Specifies verbose format. Attribute values are displayed in an
attribute=value format.

OPERANDS

The following operands are supported:

attribute
Defines which attribute, or attributes, should be shown.
Default is to show all attributes for a device. See the
putdev(8) manual page for a complete listing and
description of available attributes.


device
Defines the device whose attributes should be displayed.
Can be the pathname of the device or the device alias.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0
successful completion.


1
Command syntax was incorrect, invalid option was used, or an
internal error occurred.


2
Device table could not be opened for reading.


3
Requested device could not be found in the device table.


4
Requested attribute was not defined for the specified device.

FILES

/etc/device.tab

SEE ALSO

attributes(7), getdev(8), putdev(8)

July 5, 1990 DEVATTR(8)