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rmfdmn(8)
NAME
  rmfdmn - removes a file domain

SYNOPSIS
  /sbin/rmfdmn [-f] domain


  domain
       Specifies the name of an existing file domain.

FLAGS
  -f  Turns off the message prompt.

DESCRIPTION
  The rmfdmn utility enables you to remove an unused file domain.  Before you
  can remove a file domain, unmount all filesets and clone filesets from the
  domain using the umount command.  If you try to remove a file domain that
  has mounted filesets, the system displays an error message indicating that
  a fileset is mounted.	 AdvFS will not remove the file domain.	 For each
  file domain you will be prompted:


       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 -f flag is useful for scripts when you do not want to be queried for
  each file domain.  If you choose the -f flag, no message prompt will
  display.  The rmfdmn command will operate 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.

  You must update the /etc/fdmns directory to delete the file domain entry
  for the deleted file domain.

  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 flag 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 credit_fs fileset is mounted on the /mnt3 directory and yes is
  selected at the verification prompt:

       # umount /mnt3
       # rmfdmn accounts_dmn
       # rmfdmn: remove domain accounts_dmn? [yes/no]
       # rmfdmn: domain accounts_dmn removed

FILES
  /etc/fdmns Contains file domain names and devices.

RELATED INFORMATION
  mkfdmn(8), advfs(4), showfdmn(8), mount(8).