---
name: "update-devfsd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "devfsd"
version: "1.3.25-19"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-devfsd"
---

# update-devfsd(8)

recreate /etc/devfs/dir.conf and restart devfsd.

## NAME

update-devfsd - recreate /etc/devfs/dir.conf and restart devfsd.

## DESCRIPTION

This program creates a new **symlinks.list** file (which lists all files containing sym-links), and a new **devices.list** file (which lists all files containing details of devices to create) and then restarts devfsd.

It should be run whenever a script or installation program makes a change to a **devfsd** config file.  Also the administrator can run it because it's less typing than "/etc/init.d/devfsd force-reload".

It takes a parameter "-n" if you want it to not cause a rescan of device (just load a new config file), or a parameter of "-f" to force a restart of the daemon (if you have installed a new version of a shared object).

Note that the **symlinks.list** and **devices.list** files are not created if there would be no valid content for them.