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System Administration Commands                       autopush(1M)



NAME
     autopush - configures lists of automatically pushed  STREAMS
     modules

SYNOPSIS
     autopush -f filename


     autopush -g -M major -m minor


     autopush -r -M major -m minor


DESCRIPTION
     The autopush command configures the list of  modules  to  be
     automatically  pushed  onto  the  stream  when  a  device is
     opened. It can also be used to remove a previous setting  or
     get information on a setting.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -f filename

         Sets up  the  autopush  configuration  for  each  driver
         according  to  the  information  stored  in filename. An
         autopush file consists of lines of four or more  fields,
         separated by spaces as shown below:

           major minor last-minor module1 module2 ... module8


         The first field is a string  that  specifies  the  major
         device name, as listed in the /kernel/drv directory. The
         next two fields are integers that specify the minor dev-
         ice number and last-minor device number. The fields fol-
         lowing represent the names of modules. If minor  is  -1,
         then  all  minor  devices of a major driver specified by
         major are configured, and the value  for  last-minor  is
         ignored.  If  last-minor  is 0, then only a single minor
         device is configured. To configure a range of minor dev-
         ices  for  a  particular  major, minor must be less than
         last-minor.

         The remaining fields list the names  of  modules  to  be
         automatically  pushed onto the stream when opened, along
         with the position of an  optional  anchor.  The  maximum
         number  of  modules  that  can  be  pushed is eight. The
         modules are pushed in the order they are specified.  The
         optional  special  character sequence [anchor] indicates
         that a STREAMS anchor should be placed on the stream  at



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         the  module  previously  specified in the list; it is an
         error to specify more than one  anchor  or  to  have  an
         anchor first in the list.

         A nonzero exit status indicates that one or more of  the
         lines  in the specified file failed to complete success-
         fully.


     -g

         Gets the current configuration setting of  a  particular
         major  and minor device number specified with the -M and
         -m  options  respectively  and  displays  the   autopush
         modules  associated  with  it.  It  will also return the
         starting minor device number if the request  corresponds
         to  a  setting  of  a  range  (as  described with the -f
         option).


     -m minor

         Specifies the minor device number.


     -M major

         Specifies the major device number.


     -r

         Removes the previous configuration setting of  the  par-
         ticular major and minor device number specified with the
         -M and -m options respectively. If the values  of  major
         and minor correspond to a previously established setting
         of a range of minor devices,  where  minor  matches  the
         first  minor  device number in the range, the configura-
         tion would be removed for the entire range.


EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0

         Successful completion.


     non-zero

         An error occurred.



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EXAMPLES
     Example 1 Using the autopush command.


     The following example gets the  current  configuration  set-
     tings  for  the  major and minor device numbers as indicated
     and displays the autopush modules associated with  them  for
     the character-special device /dev/term/a:


       example# autopush -g -M 29 -m 0
       Major     Minor     Lastminor     Modules
         29        0         1           ldterm  ttcompat



FILES
     /etc/iu.ap

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



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcs                      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     dladm(1M), ttymon(1M), attributes(5),  ldterm(7M),  sad(7D),
     streamio(7I), ttcompat(7M)


NOTES
     The use of the autopush command is obsolete  for  networking
     data-links.  The  preferred  method of configuring a list of
     automatically pushed STREAMS modules on a  given  networking
     data-link interface is the dladm(1M) autopush link property.


     Because network devices are self-cloning, the autopush  com-
     mand  is  inadequate for networking devices. The granularity
     of the autopush command's configuration is driver-wide,  and
     not per-interface as one might expect. Another reason not to
     use autopush is that administrators are more  familiar  with
     the names of their network interfaces than with device major
     and minor numbers. The dladm(1M) command allows  the  confi-
     guration using data-link interface names.



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