volmgt_check(3VOLMGT)					Volume Management Library Functions				     volmgt_check(3VOLMGT)

NAME

       volmgt_check - have Volume Management check for media

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lvolmgt [ library ... ]
       #include <volmgt.h>

       int volmgt_check(char *pathname);

DESCRIPTION

       This routine asks Volume Management to check the specified pathname and determine if new media has been inserted in that drive.

       If a null pointer is passed in, then Volume Management will check each device it is managing that can be checked.

       If new media is found, volmgt_check() tells Volume Management to initiate any "actions" specified in /etc/vold.conf (see vold.conf(4)).

RETURN VALUES

       This routine returns  0 if no media was found, and a non-zero value if any media was found.

ERRORS

       This routine can fail, returning 0, if a stat(2) or open(2) of the supplied pathname fails, or if any of the following is true:

       ENXIO	       Volume Management is not running.

       EINTR	       An interrupt signal was detected while checking for media.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Checking If Any New Media Is Inserted

       To check if any drive managed by Volume Management has any new media inserted in it:

       if (volmgt_check(NULL)) {
	       (void) printf("Volume Management found media
");
       }

       This would also request Volume Management to take whatever action was specified in /etc/vold.conf for any media found.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       cc(1B), volcheck(1), vold(1M), open(2), stat(2),  volmgt_inuse(3VOLMGT), volmgt_running(3VOLMGT), vold.conf(4), attributes(5), volfs(7FS)

NOTES

       Volume Management must be running for this routine to work.

       Since volmgt_check() returns  0 for two different cases (both when no media is found, and when an error occurs), it is up to the user to to
       check errno to differentiate the two, and to ensure that Volume Management is running.

SunOS 5.10							    31 Dec 1996 					     volmgt_check(3VOLMGT)