CreateDevice Contents Synopsis Description Changing this Operation Create a device. Synopsis [Action] CreateDevice:Name=DeviceName,PhysicalDevice=PhysicalDeviceName,SubType=DeviceSubtypes,Type=x[,Additional Properties] Where the value of x is one of the following options: TRM — Terminal SPL — Spooling device MT — Magnetic tape drive BT — Cartridge tape drive IPC — Interprocess communication OTH — Any other device including printers and sequential files Description CreateDevice defines a device. InterSystems IRIS® creates that device when processing the [Actions] section during a configuration merge. You can specify any possible device properties in the CreateDevice definition. During the merge, InterSystems IRIS runs Config.Devices.Create()Opens in a new tab to create the device defined by CreateDevice. Only the Name, PhysicalDevice, SubType, and Type properties are required; the complete list of properties is available in the class reference. Changing this Operation This operation is designed to be used during a configuration merge. You can change CreateDevice by editing the merge file in a text editor (as described in Editing the Active CPF).See Introduction to I/O for more details on devices.
