ZVOL\_WAIT(1) General Commands Manual ZVOL\_WAIT(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

`zvol_wait` — wait for ZFS volume links to appear in /dev

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

`zvol_wait`

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

When a ZFS pool is imported, the volumes within it will appear as block devices. As they're registered, [udev(7)](/man/os/zfs/udev.7) asynchronously creates symlinks under /dev/zvol using the volumes' names. `zvol_wait` will wait for all those symlinks to be created before exiting.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[udev(7)](/man/os/zfs/udev.7)

May 27, 2021 OpenZFS

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Document: zvol_wait(1) from zfs 2.4.4-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/openzfs/zfs