CHIO.CONF(5) | File Formats Manual | CHIO.CONF(5)

# NAME

`chio.conf` — medium changer configuration file

# DESCRIPTION

`chio.conf` is used to configure some aspects of chio(1), a medium changer.

The configuration file consists of a series of stanzas, one per changer, enclosed in curly braces. Empty lines and lines beginning with ‘#’ in either file are ignored.

The following aspects may be configured:

`drive`
  Provides a non-default mapping between st(4) devices and changer drives. For example, to map drive 0 to rst3 and drive 1 to rst2, for changer /dev/ch0:

      changer ch0 {
      	drive rst3
      	drive rst2
      }

# FILES

/dev/ch0
  Default changer device.
/etc/chio.conf
  Default location for chio(1) configuration file.
/etc/examples/chio.conf
  Example configuration file.

# SEE ALSO

chio(1), mt(1)

# HISTORY

The `chio.conf` file format first appeared in OpenBSD 4.0.

February 10, 2020 | Debian