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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Check if variable is a number Post 64336 by google on Tuesday 1st of March 2005 07:27:45 AM
Old 03-01-2005
You can also use typeset -i to define your variable as an integer. You would also have to dump the error stream to /dev/null if you attempt to assign a string to the variable (this is easily done by simply by redirection 2> /dev/null)
 

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dump

dump(9E)							Driver Entry Points							  dump(9E)

NAME

       dump - dump memory to device during system failure

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <sys/ddi.h>
       #include <sys/sunddi.h>

       intprefixdump(dev_t dev, caddr_t addr, daddr_t blkno, int nblk);

INTERFACE LEVEL

       Solaris specific (Solaris DDI). This entry point is required. For drivers that do not implement dump() routines, nodev(9F) should be used.

ARGUMENTS

       dev	Device number.

       addr	Address for the beginning of the area to be dumped.

       blkno	Block offset to dump memory.

       nblk	Number of blocks to dump.

DESCRIPTION

       dump()  is  used  to  dump  a  portion of virtual address space directly to a device in the case of system failure. It can also be used for
       checking the state of the kernel during a checkpoint operation.	The memory area to be dumped is specified by addr (base address) and  nblk
       (length). It is dumped to the device specified by dev starting at offset blkno. Upon completion dump() returns the status of the transfer.

       When  the  system  is panicking, the calls of functions scheduled by timeout(9F) and ddi_trigger_softintr(9F) will never occur. Neither can
       delay(9F) be relied upon, since it is implemented via timeout(). See ddi_in_panic(9F).

       dump() is called at interrupt priority.

RETURN VALUES

       dump() returns 0 on success, or the appropriate error number.

SEE ALSO

       cpr(7), nodev(9F)

       Writing Device Drivers

SunOS 5.10							    9 Oct 2001								  dump(9E)
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