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rmfdmn(8)							     rmfdmn(8)

NAME
       rmfdmn - removes a file domain

SYNOPSIS
       /sbin/rmfdmn  [-f] domain

OPTIONS
       Turns off the message prompt.

OPERANDS
       Specifies the name of an existing file domain.

DESCRIPTION
       Use  the	 rmfdmn utility to remove an existing, but unused, file domain
       and all its filesets from the system.

       When you remove a file domain: The file domain  and  its	 filesets  are
       destroyed  The  directory  entry	 for the file domain in the /etc/fdmns
       file is deleted AdvFS volumes which were assigned to  the  file	domain
       are relabeled as unused

       Before  attempting  to  remove  a file domain, unmount all filesets and
       clone filesets from the	domain	using  the  umount  command.   If  you
       attempt	to  remove  a  file  domain that has mounted filesets or clone
       filesets, the system does not remove the file domain.  Instead, it dis‐
       plays an error message indicating that a fileset is mounted.

       For  each  file	domain	you attempt to remove, a prompt similar to the
       following is  displayed:	 rmfdmn	 accounts_dmn  rmfdmn:	remove	domain
       accounts_dmn? [yes/no]

       If  you	answer	n,  the	 file  domain  remains. If you answer y, it is
       removed. The default is n, the file domain remains.

       The -f option is useful for scripts when you do not want to be  queried
       for each file domain. If you choose the -f option, no message prompt is
       displayed. The rmfdmn command operates as if you responded yes  to  the
       prompt.

RESTRICTIONS
       You must be the root user to use this command.

       To remove a domain, all filesets and clone filesets must be unmounted.

       The  rmfdmn  command  can  leave	 a  partially-removed  domain  in  the
       /etc/fdmns directory, for example, should there	be  a  system  failure
       during  the  remove  operation.	 If  this happens, the remnants of the
       removed domain are put in the /etc/fdmns directory as  a	 file  with  a
       name  in	 this  format: rmfdmn.domain_name.processid.  If you interrupt
       the rmfdmn command or there is a system failure during  its  operation,
       check  the /etc/fdmns directory for domain names in this format and use
       the rmfdmn command to delete them.

       However, if a partially-removed	domain	has  been  in  the  /etc/fdmns
       directory  for  some time, it can be risky to remove it with the rmfdmn
       command:	 the partitions might have been put back into use and deleting
       them  would  make  them	unusable.   [The rmfdmn command puts an unused
       option in the fstype field of the disk label when it removes disks.]

       In this case, use the rm -r command to remove  the  partially-recovered
       domain.	 Unlike	 the rmfdmn command, the rm command does not alter the
       fstype field of the disk label.

EXAMPLES
       The following example removes the accounts_dmn  file  domain.  In  this
       example,	 the  accounts_dmn#credit_fs  fileset  is mounted on the /mnt3
       directory and must be unmounted.	  When	the  verification  prompt  for
       removing	 the  accounts_dmn  is	displayed,  yes is selected.  # umount
       /mnt3 # rmfdmn  accounts_dmn  #	rmfdmn:	 remove	 domain	 accounts_dmn?
       [yes/no] # rmfdmn: domain accounts_dmn removed

FILES
       Contains file domain names and devices.

SEE ALSO
       mkfdmn(8), advfs(4), showfdmn(8), mount(8)

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