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

NAME
media_getid - return the id of a piece of media SYNOPSIS
cc [flag ...] file ...-lvolgmt [library ...] #include <volmgt.h> ulonglong_t media_getid(char *vol_path); DESCRIPTION
This function is obsolete. The management of removable media by the Volume Management feature, including vold, has been replaced by soft- ware that supports the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL). Programmatic support for HAL is through the HAL APIs, which are documented on the HAL web site. See hal(5). The return value of this function is undefined. media_getid() returns the id of a piece of media. Volume management must be running. See volmgt_running(3VOLMGT). PARAMETERS
vol_path Path to the block or character special device. RETURN VALUES
The return from this function is undefined. EXAMPLES
Example 1 Using media_getid() The following example first checks if volume management is running, then checks the volume management name space for path, and then returns the id for the piece of media. char *path; ... if (volmgt_running()) { if (volmgt_ownspath(path)) { (void) printf("id of %s is %lld ", path, media_getid(path)); } } If a program using media_getid() does not check whether or not volume management is running, then any NULL return value will be ambiguous, as it could mean that either volume management does not have path in its name space, or volume management is not running. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Obsolete | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
volmgt_ownspath(3VOLMGT),volmgt_running(3VOLMGT),attributes(5), hal(5) SunOS 5.11 8 Mar 2007 media_getid(3VOLMGT)

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

NAME
volmgt_ownspath - check volume management name space for path SYNOPSIS
cc [flag]... file... -lvolgmt [library]... #include <volmgt.h> int volmgt_ownspath(char *path); PARAMETERS
path A string containing the path. DESCRIPTION
This function is obsolete. The management of removable media by the Volume Management feature, including vold, has been replaced by soft- ware that supports the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL). Programmatic support for HAL is through the HAL APIs, which are documented on the HAL web site. See hal(5). The return value of this function is undefined. The volmgt_ownspath() function checks to see if a given path is contained in the volume management name space. This is achieved by compar- ing the beginning of the supplied path name with the output from volmgt_root(3VOLMGT) RETURN VALUES
The return from this function is undefined. EXAMPLES
Example 1 Using volmgt_ownspath() The following example first checks if volume management is running, then checks the volume management name space for path, and then returns the id for the piece of media. char *path; ... if (volmgt_running()) { if (volmgt_ownspath(path)) { (void) printf("id of %s is %lld ", path, media_getid(path)); } } ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Obsolete | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
volmgt_root(3VOLMGT), volmgt_running(3VOLMGT), attributes(5), hal(5) SunOS 5.11 8 Mar 2007 volmgt_ownspath(3VOLMGT)
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