sunos man page for media_findname

Query: media_findname

OS: sunos

Section: 3volmgt

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

NAME
media_findname - convert a supplied name into an absolute pathname that can be used to access removable media
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lvolmgt [ library ... ] #include <volmgt.h> char *media_findname(char *start);
DESCRIPTION
media_findname() converts the supplied start string into an absolute pathname that can then be used to access a particular piece of media. The start parameter can be one of the following types of specifications: /dev/... An absolute pathname in /dev, such as /dev/rdiskette0, in which case a copy of that string is returned (see NOTES on this page). /vol/... An absolute Volume Management pathname, such as /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 or /vol/dsk/fred. If this supplied path- name is not a symbolic link, then a copy of that pathname is returned. If the supplied pathname is a symbolic link then it is dereferenced and a copy of that dereferenced pathname is returned. volume_name The Volume Management volume name for a particular volume, such as fred (see fdformat(1) for a description of how to label floppies). In this case a pathname in the Volume Management namespace is returned. volmgt_symname The Volume Management symbolic name for a device, such as floppy0 or cdrom2 (see volfs(7FS) for more information on Volume Management symbolic names), in which case a pathname in the Volume Management namespace is returned. media_type The Volume Management generic media type name. For example, floppy or cdrom. In this case media_findname() looks for the first piece of media that matches that media type, starting at 0 (zero) and continuing on until a match is found (or some fairly large maximum number is reached). In this case, if a match is found, a copy of the pathname to the volume found is returned.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion media_findname() returns a pointer to the pathname found. In the case of an error a null pointer is returned.
ERRORS
For cases where the supplied start parameter is an absolute pathname, media_findname() can fail, returning a null string pointer, if an lstat(2) of that supplied pathname fails. Also, if the supplied absolute pathname is a symbolic link, media_findname() can fail if a read- link(2) of that symbolic link fails, or if a stat(2) of the pathname pointed to by that symbolic link fails, or if any of the following is true: ENXIO The specified absolute pathname was not a character special device, and it was not a directory with a character special device in it.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Sample programs of the media_findname() function. The following example attempts to find what the Volume Management pathname is to a piece of media called fred. Notice that a volmgt_check() is done first (see the NOTES section on this page). (void) volmgt_check(NULL); if ((nm = media_findname("fred")) != NULL) { (void) printf("media named "fred" is at "%s" ", nm); } else { (void) printf("media named "fred" not found "); } This example looks for whatever volume is in the first floppy drive, letting media_findname() call volmgt_check() if and only if no floppy is currently known to be the first floppy drive. if ((nm = media_findname("floppy0")) != NULL) { (void) printf("path to floppy0 is "%s" ", nm); } else { (void) printf("nothing in floppy0 "); }
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Unsafe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
cc(1B), fdformat(1), vold(1M), lstat(2), readlink(2), stat(2), free(3C), malloc(3C), volmgt_check(3VOLMGT), volmgt_inuse(3VOLMGT), volmgt_root(3VOLMGT), volmgt_running(3VOLMGT), volmgt_symname(3VOLMGT), attributes(5), volfs(7FS)
NOTES
If media_findname() cannot find a match for the supplied name, it performs a volmgt_check(3VOLMGT) and tries again, so it can be more effi- cient to perform volmgt_check() before calling media_findname(). Upon success media_findname() returns a pointer to string which has been allocated; this should be freed when no longer in use (see free(3C)). SunOS 5.10 31 Dec 1996 media_findname(3VOLMGT)
Related Man Pages
media_setattr(3volmgt) - sunos
media_findname(3volmgt) - opensolaris
media_setattr(3volmgt) - opensolaris
volmgt_check(3volmgt) - opensolaris
volmgt_symname(3volmgt) - opensolaris
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