debian man page for dpm_ping

DPM_PING(3)						       DPM Library Functions						       DPM_PING(3)

NAME
       dpm_ping - check if Disk Pool Manager is alive and return its version number

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include "dpm_api.h"

       int dpm_ping (char *server, char *info)

DESCRIPTION
       dpm_ping checks if the Disk Pool Manager is alive and returns its version number.

OPTIONS
       server specifies the Disk Pool Manager hostname.  If NULL, the DPM_HOST environment variable is used.

       info   points at a buffer to receive the information (currently the version number).  The buffer must be at least 256 characters long.

RETURN VALUE
       This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.

ERRORS
       EFAULT	    info is a NULL pointer.

       SENOSHOST    Host unknown.

       SENOSSERV    Service unknown.

       SECOMERR     Communication error.

       EDPMNACT     Disk Pool Manager is not running or is being shutdown.

LCG
							   $Date: 2007/05/09 06:38:31 $ 					       DPM_PING(3)