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.\"  Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
.TH zcons 7D "24 Aug 2003" "SunOS 5.11" "Devices"
.SH NAME
zcons \- Zone console device driver
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.LP
The \fBzcons\fR character driver exports the console for system zones. The driver is comprised of two "sides:" a master side with which applications in the global zone communicate, and a slave side, which receives I/O from the master side. The slave side is available in the global zones.
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.LP
Applications must not depend on the location of \fB/dev\fR or \fB/devices\fR entries exported by \fBzcons\fR. Inside a zone, the \fBzcons\fR slave  side is fronted by \fB/dev/console\fR and other console-related  symbolic links, which are used by applications that expect to write to the system console.
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.LP
The \fBzcons\fR driver is Sun Private, and may change in future releases.
.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/dev/zcons/<\fIzonename\fR>/masterconsole\fR \fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Global zone master side console for zone <\fIzonename\fR>.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/dev/zcons/<\fIzonename\fR>/slaveconsole\fR \fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Global zone slave side console for zone <\fIzonename\fR>.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/dev/zconsole\fR \fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Non-global zone console (slave side).
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
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.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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.TS
tab() box;
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ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Availabilitysystem/core-os
_
 Interface StabilitySun Private
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
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.LP
\fBzoneadm\fR(1M), \fBzonecfg\fR(1M), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBzones\fR(5)