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diskd - disk daemon; wait for disk to be inserted |
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!!Note |
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This manpage has been automatically generated from fdutils's |
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texinfo documentation. However, this process is only |
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approximative, and some items, such as crossreferences, |
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footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process. |
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Indeed, these items have no appropriate representation in |
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the manpage format. Moreover, only the items specific to |
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each command have been translated, and the general |
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information about fdutils has been dropped in the manpage |
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version. Thus I strongly advise you to use the original |
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texinfo doc. |
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To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the |
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__ ./configure; make dvi; dvips fdutils.dvi |
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To generate a html copy, run: |
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__ ./configure; make html |
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__A premade html can be found at: `http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils' |
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The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. |
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Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult |
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to read due to the quoting conventions used in |
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info. |
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!!Description |
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The diskd command has the following syntax: |
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diskd [[-d ''drive''] [[-i ''msdosfiles''] [[-e ''command'' |
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Diskd waits for a disk to be inserted into a given |
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''drive'', and then either executes the ''command'' or |
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exits. This program can be used to automatically mount a |
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disk as soon as it is inserted. |
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!!Warning |
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This program works by switching the motor on for a very |
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short interval, and then seeking to track -1. This might |
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damage hardware in the long run. Amigas, which also use |
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these techniques, are known for having problems with their |
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disk drives no longer spinning up properly after a few month |
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of usage. |
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!!Options |
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-d ''drive'' |
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Selects the drive to observe for disk insertion. By default, |
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drive 0 (/dev/fd0) is observed. |
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-i ''interval'' |
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Selects the polling interval. The interval is given in |
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tenths of seconds. Default is 10 (one second). |
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-e ''command'' |
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Gives the command to be executed when a disk is inserted. If |
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no command is given the program simply exits. Typically, the |
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command mounts the disk. It can be a shell scripts which |
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probes for several filesystems and disk geometries until it |
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succeeds. |
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!!Bugs |
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Automatic unmounting cannot yet be handled. It is indeed not |
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enough to scan for disk removal, because when the disk is |
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removed, it is already too late: There might be some buffers |
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needing flushing. However, the fdmountd program |
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allows automatic unmounting by using the SYNC mount |
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options, which switches off write buffering (see section |
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fdmount). |
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The drive motor is running all the time, and on some |
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computers, the drive led flickers at each time the drive is |
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polled. |
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!!See Also |
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Fdutils' texinfo doc |
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