"Andrea Sansottera" <andrea.sansottera@fastwebnet.it> writes:
> Isn't SMF actually based on XML description files? (Correct me if I'm
> wrong).

Yes. But the repository itself isn't documented. You have to
interact with it using the svcadm/svccfg tools.

> XML *is* just plain text. With the advantage that it is a structured
> document so it's easy to understand and manage by both a human and a
> machine.

True, but unless it's actually documented as something you can rely on
in a man page, you shouldn't be modifying arbitrary things in the
system or building tools that rely on how those things work. They can
change incompatibly at any time, including in patches, and without
warning.

Only the things documented for use are supported as administrative
interfaces.

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