opensolaris man page for volmgt_inuse

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

NAME
       volmgt_inuse - check whether or not volume management is managing a pathname

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

       int volmgt_inuse(char *pathname);

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       This  function  is obsolete. The management of removable media by the Volume Management feature, including vold, has been replaced by soft-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.

       volmgt_inuse() checks whether volume management is managing the specified pathname.

RETURN VALUES
       The return from this function is undefined.

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

       ENXIO	Volume management is not running.

       EINTR	An interrupt signal was detected while checking for the supplied pathname for use.

EXAMPLES
       Example 1 Using volmgt_inuse()

       To see if volume management is managing the first floppy disk:

	 if (volmgt_inuse("/dev/rdiskette0") != 0) {
		 (void) printf("volmgt is managing diskette 0
");
	 } else {
		 (void) printf("volmgt is NOT managing diskette 0
");
	 }

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Obsolete			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       cc(1B),	open(2),  stat(2),  errno(3C),	volmgt_check(3VOLMGT),	volmgt_running(3VOLMGT),  attributes(5),  hal(5)

NOTES
       This routine requires volume management to be running.

       Since volmgt_inuse() returns 0 for two different cases (both when a volume is not in use, 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 5.11							    8 Mar 2007						     volmgt_inuse(3VOLMGT)