volcheck(1) - osol9

1volcheck(1)                      User Commands                     volcheck(1)
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NAME

6       volcheck - checks for media in a drive and by default checks all floppy
7       media
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SYNOPSIS

10       volcheck [-v] [-i secs] [-t secs] pathname
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DESCRIPTION

14       The volcheck utility tells volume management to look at each  dev/path‐
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19       The default action is to volcheck all checkable media managed by volume
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OPTIONS

23       The following options are supported:
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25       -i secs    Set  the  frequency of device checking to secs seconds.  The
26                  default is 2 seconds.  The minimum frequency is 1 second.
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29       -t secs    Check the named device(s) for the next  secs  seconds.   The
30                  maximum  number  of  seconds  allowed  is  28800, which is 8
31                  hours. The frequency of checking is specified by  -i.  There
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OPERANDS

39       The following operands are supported:
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41       pathname    The path name of a media device.
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EXAMPLES

45       Example 1 A sample of the volcheck command.
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64                 example% volcheck −i 2 −t 600 /dev/diskette1 &
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FILES

74       /dev/volctl    volume management control port
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ATTRIBUTES

78       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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83       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
84       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
85       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
86       │Availability                 │SUNWvolu                     │
87       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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WARNINGS

93       Due to a hardware limitation in many floppy drives, the act of checking
94       for  media  causes  mechanical action in the floppy drive.   Continuous
95       polling of the floppy drive will cause the drive to  wear  out.  It  is
96       recommended  that polling the drive only be performed during periods of
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101SunOS 5.11                        28 Feb 2007                      volcheck(1)