Format of SVR4 UUCP lockfiles?

[Dave McCracken]

egray at osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Emmet P. Gray) writes:

>Can someone give me a clue as to the format of the new SVR4 UUCP
>lockfiles?  I've figured out the second and third numbers (major and
>minor devices numbers), but what is the first number?

The first number is the major device number for the file system the
inode of the device came from (ie st_dev in the stat structure).  This
is primarily to support remote devices under RFS, but also allows for
multiple /dev directories (but who would do that? :-)).

>Also, what book is this in?  I didn't purchase *all* the SRV4 hardcopy
>books, so obviously it's in one I don't have.

I found it in the System Administrator's Guide (after I looked it up 
in the source code).  If you have it, look in Chapter 7, Network Services
in the section on Basic Networking Utilities, subsection Administrative
Support Files (page 7-62 in the Prentiss-Hall book).

In general, I think with the way the information is spread around the
manuals, any serious SVR4 developer or administrator will need the
complete manual set.
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