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Pattern-based policies

The assignfspat keyword of the fsapadm(1M) command assigns a pattern table to the file system specified by the mount_point.

If the file system has an existing pattern-based table, the table is replaced. After successfully assigning the table, the file system's pattern table takes effect when a file is created in a directory that does not have a pattern table or an inheritable allocation policy. The file's name and creating process' UID and GID are matched to the patterns defined in the table in the given order. The first successful match is used to set the allocation policies of the file.

When no pattern is specified, the fsapadm command deletes any existing file system pattern tables.