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rmfdmn(8)
NAME
  rmfdmn - removes a file domain

SYNOPSIS
  /sbin/rmfdmn	[-f] domain

OPTIONS
  -f  Turns off the message prompt.

OPERANDS
  domain
      Specifies the name of an existing file domain.

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 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 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 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 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.

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