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.TH MEDIA_GETATTR 3VOLMGT "Mar 8, 2007"
.SH NAME
media_getattr, media_setattr \- get and set media attributes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR ... ] \fIfile\fR ... \fB-lvolmgt\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR ... ]
#include <volmgt.h>



\fBchar *\fR\fBmedia_getattr\fR(\fBchar *\fR\fIvol_path\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIattr\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBmedia_setattr\fR(\fBchar *\fR\fIvol_path\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIattr\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIvalue\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
This function is obsolete. The management of removable media by the Volume
Management feature, including \fBvold\fR, has been replaced by software that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
\fBhal\fR(5). The return value of this function is undefined.
.sp
.LP
\fBmedia_setattr()\fR and \fBmedia_getattr()\fR respectively set and get
attribute-value pairs (called properties) on a per-volume basis.
.sp
.LP
Volume management supports system properties and user properties. System
properties are ones that volume management predefines. Some of these system
properties are writable, but only by the user that owns the volume being
specified, and some system properties are read only:
.sp

.sp
.TS
c c c c
l l l l .
\fBAttribute\fR	\fBWritable\fR	\fBValue\fR	\fBDescription\fR
_
\fBs-access\fR	RO	"seq", "rand"	sequential or random access
\fBs-density\fR	RO	"low", "medium", "high"	media density
\fBs-parts\fR	RO	comma separated list of slice numbers	 list of partitions on this volume
\fBs-location\fR	RO	\fIpathname\fR	volume management pathname to media
\fBs-mejectable\fR	RO	"true", "false"	T{
whether or not media is manually ejectable
T}
\fBs-rmoneject\fR	R/W	"true", "false"	T{
should media access points be removed from database upon ejection
T}
\fBs-enxio\fR	R/W	"true", "false"	T{
if set return \fBENXIO\fR when media access attempted
T}
.TE

.sp
.LP
Properties can also be defined by the user. In this case the value can be any
string the user wishes.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
The return from this function is undefined.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
Both \fBmedia_getattr()\fR and \fBmedia_setattr()\fR can fail returning a null
pointer if an \fBopen\fR(2) of the specified \fIvol_path\fR fails, if an
\fBfstat\fR(2) of that pathname fails, or if that pathname is not a block or
character special device.
.sp
.LP
\fBmedia_getattr()\fR can also fail if the specified attribute was not found,
and \fBmedia_setattr()\fR can also fail if the caller doesn't have permission
to set the attribute, either because it's is a system attribute, or because the
caller doesn't own the specified volume.
.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRUsing \fBmedia_getattr()\fR
.sp
.LP
The following example checks to see if the volume called \fIfred\fR that volume
management is managing can be ejected by means of software, or if it can only
be manually ejected:

.sp
.in +2
.nf
\fBif (media_getattr("/rdsk/fred", "s-mejectable") != NULL) {
        (void) printf("\e"fred\e" must be manually ejected\en");
} else {
        (void) printf("software can eject \e"fred\e"\en");
}\fR
.fi
.in -2

.sp
.LP
This example shows setting the \fIs-enxio\fR property for the floppy volume
currently in the first floppy drive:

.sp
.in +2
.nf
\fBint     res;
if ((res = media_setattr("/dev/aliases/floppy0", "s-enxio",
    "true")) == 0) {
        (void) printf("can't set s-enxio flag for floppy0\en");
}\fR
.fi
.in -2

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT-Level	MT-Safe
_
Interface Stability	Obsolete
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBlstat\fR(2), \fBopen\fR(2), \fBreadlink\fR(2), \fBstat\fR(2),
\fBfree\fR(3C), \fBmalloc\fR(3C), \fBmedia_findname\fR(3VOLMGT),
\fBvolmgt_check\fR(3VOLMGT), \fBvolmgt_inuse\fR(3VOLMGT),
\fBvolmgt_root\fR(3VOLMGT), \fBvolmgt_running\fR(3VOLMGT),
\fBvolmgt_symname\fR(3VOLMGT), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBhal\fR(5)