September 2000
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/bin/devreserv [key [device-list...]]
Use the devreserv command to reserve devices for exclusive use. When the device is no longer required, use devfree to release it.
devreserv reserves at most one device per device-list. Each list is searched in linear order until the first available device is found. If a device cannot be reserved from each list, the entire reservation fails.
When you invoke devreserv without arguments, it lists the devices that are currently reserved and shows to which key it was reserved. When you invoke devreserv with only the key argument, it lists the devices that are currently reserved to that key.
Note
As of this writing, the devfree and devreserve ...