Notation conventions, The commands – Apple Xsan 1.1 User Manual
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Appendix B
Using the Command Line
If you get the response “
No manual entry for
...” when you try to view a man page, add
the Xsan man pages directory
/Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man
to your man search
path. If you’re running Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server version 10.3, you can add the
following line to the file
/etc/manpath.config
on your computer:
OPTIONAL_MANPATH /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man
If you’re running Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server version 10.4, you can add the following
line to the file
/usr/share/misc/man.conf
:
MANPATH /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man
Notation Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout the command descriptions.
The Commands
Xsan includes the following command-line tools:
Notation
Indicates
monospaced font
A command or other terminal text
$
A shell prompt
[text_in_brackets]
An optional parameter
(one|other)
Alternative parameters (type one or the other)
underlined
A parameter you must replace with a value
[...]
A parameter that may be repeated
A displayed value that depends on your SAN configuration
Command
Description
cvadmin
View or change volume and storage pool settings (page 109)
cvcp
Copy files or folders (page 112)
cvfsck
Check or repair a volume (page 113)
cvlabel
View, label, and initialize LUNs (page 114)
cvmkdir
Create a folder with an affinity (page 114)
cvmkfile
Create and pre-allocate a file (page 115)
cvmkfs
Initialize a volume (page 116)
cvupdatefs
Apply volume setup changes (page 116)
fsm
Start a volume controller process (page 116)
fsmpm
Start a port mapper process (page 117)
snfsdefrag
Defragment a volume (page 117)