#ident	"@(#)devintf:common/cmd/devintf/devices/add/Help	1.2.10.3"
#ident  "$Header: Help 2.0 91/07/11 $"

add:ABSTRACT:
	The "add" task adds a device description to the Device
	Management tables.  You will be asked to supply a device
	alias, along with other device attributes such as pathnames
	to the device and the device's type.

Form.add:Alias:the Device Alias field
	Enter a unique device alias (i.e.  one that does not
	currently exist).
	
	The alias must contain only alphanumeric characters and the characters
	'.', '-', '_', and '$' and may not contain more than 14 characters.

Form.add:Description:the Description field
	Enter a description of the device (e.g.  Cartridge Tape
	Drive).
	
	This field is not validated.

Form.add:Type:the Type field
	Enter the type of the device.  Common types are 'ctape',
	'disk', 'dpart' and 'diskette'.
	
	This field may not be blank but is not otherwise validated.

Form.add:Cdevice:the Character Pathname field
	This is the full character-device pathname of the device
	being added.  Full pathnames always begin with a slash ('/').
	
	This field may be blank.  If it is not blank, it must begin
	with a slash.  The task tests the data entered to ensure that
	it is the pathname of a character device.

Form.add:Bdevice:the Block Pathname field
	This is the full block-device pathname of the device being
	added.  Full pathnames always begin with a slash ('/').
	
	This field may be blank.  If it is not blank, it must begin
	with a slash.  The task tests the data entered to ensure that
	it is the pathname of a block device.

Form.add:Attribute:the Attribute fields
	This field is the name of an attribute being given to a
	device.  Examples of attribute names are 'pathname',
	'fmtcmd', and 'capacity'.
	
	An attribute name must contain only alphanumeric characters and the
	characters '.', '-', '_', and '$' and may not contain more than 14
	characters.  The attributes 'alias', 'bdevice', 'cdevice', 'type', and
	'desc' may not be named here.

Form.add:Value:the Value fields
	This field is the value of the attribute named in the
	previous field.
	
	Attribute values are not validated.
