OS Unix locations of the device files on the respective systems

All you have to do is remember the locations of the device files on the respective systems. The following tables will help you do that for the most commonly used devices.

AIX File System Device Files

Block	Character
/dev/hd1	/dev/rhd1
/dev/hd2	/dev/rhd2
/dev/hd3	/dev/rhd3
/dev/hd*	/dev/hd*

HP-UX File System Device Files

Block	Character
/dev/dsk/c201d0s0	/dev/rdsk/c201d0s0
/dev/dsk/c201d1s0	/dev/rdsk/c201d1s0
/dev/dsk/c201d2s0	/dev/rdsk/c201d2s0
/dev/dsk/c201d*s0	/dev/rdsk/c201d*s0

AIX Tape Drive Device Files

File	Meaning
/dev/rmt*	Rewind on close, no retension on open, high density
/dev/rmt*.1	No rewind on close, no retension on open, high density
/dev/rmt*.2	Rewind on close, retension on open, high density
/dev/rmt*.3	No rewind on close, retension on open, high density
/dev/rmt*.4	Rewind on close, no retension on open, low density
/dev/rmt*.5	No rewind on close, no retension on open, low density
/dev/rmt*.6	Rewind on close, retension on open, low density
/dev/rmt*.7	No rewind on close, retension on open, low density

HP-UX Tape Drive Device Files

File	Meaning
/dev/rmt/c201d*c	Rewind on close, compress data
/dev/rmt/c201d*cb	Rewind on close, compress data, Berkeley style
/dev/rmt/c201d*cn	No rewind on close, compress data
/dev/rmt/c201d*cnb	No rewind on close, compress data, Berkeley style
/dev/rmt/c201d*h	Rewind on close, high density
/dev/rmt/c201d*hb	Rewind on close, high density, Berkeley style
/dev/rmt/c201d*hn	No rewind on close, high density
/dev/rmt/c201d*hnb	No rewind on close, high density, Berkeley style
/dev/rmt/c201d*l	Rewind on close, low density
/dev/rmt/c201d*lb	Rewind on close, low density, Berkeley style
/dev/rmt/c201d*ln	No rewind on close, low density
/dev/rmt/c201d*lnb	No rewind on close, low density, Berkeley style
/dev/rmt/c201d*m	Rewind on close, medium density
/dev/rmt/c201d*mb	Rewind on close, medium density, Berkeley style
/dev/rmt/c201d*mn	No rewind on close, medium density
/dev/rmt/c201d*mnb	No rewind on close, low density, Berkeley style

Note: High density is 6250 bpi, medium is 1600 bpi, and low is 800 bpi. For AT&T-style devices the tape is positioned after the EOF following the data just read. For Berkeley-style devices, the tape is not repositioned in any way.

AIX Floppy Drive Device Files

Block	Character
/dev/fd0	/dev/rfd0

HP-UX Floppy Drive Device Files

Block	Character
/dev/floppy/c201d0s0	/dev/rfloppy/c201d0s0