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volmgt_symname, volmgt_symdev - convert between Volume Management symbolic names, and the devices that correspond to them

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

char *volmgt_symname(char *pathname);

char *volmgt_symdev(char *symname);

This function is obsolete. The management of removable media by the Volume Management feature, including vold, has been replaced by software that supports the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL).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 hal(7). The return value of this function is undefined.

These two routines compliment each other, translating between Volume Management's symbolic name for a device, called a symname, and the /dev pathname for that same device.

volmgt_symname(\|) converts a supplied /dev pathname to a symname, Volume Management's idea of that device's symbolic name.

volmgt_symdev(\|) does the opposite conversion, converting between a symname, Volume Management's idea of a device's symbolic name for a volume, to the /dev pathname for that device.

The return from this function is undefined.

volmgt_symname(\|) can fail, returning a null string pointer, if a stat(2) of the supplied pathname fails, or if an open(2) of /dev/volctl fails, or if any of the following is true: ENXIO

EINTR

volmgt_symdev(\|) can fail if an open(2) of /dev/volctl fails, or if any of the following is true: ENXIO

EINTR

Example 1 Testing Floppies

The following tests how many floppies Volume Management currently sees in floppy drives (up to 10):

for (i=0; i < 10; i++) {
 (void) sprintf(path, "floppy%d", i);
 if (volmgt_symdev(path) != NULL) {
 (void) printf("volume %s is in drive %d\en",
 path, i);
 }
}

Example 2 Finding The Symbolic Name

This code finds out what symbolic name (if any) Volume Management has for /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s2:

if ((nm = volmgt_symname("/dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s2")) == NULL) {
 (void) printf("path not managed\en");
} else {
 (void) printf("path managed as %s\en", nm);
}

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE

MT-Level MT-Safe

Interface Stability Obsolete

open (2), stat (2), free (3C), malloc (3C), volmgt_check (3VOLMGT), volmgt_inuse (3VOLMGT), volmgt_running (3VOLMGT), attributes (7), hal (7)