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Volume Management Library Functionsvolmgt_running(3VOLMGT)


NAME

 volmgt_running - return whether or not Volume Management is running

SYNOPSIS

 
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lvolmgt [ library ... ]
#include <volmgt.h>
int volmgt_running(void);

DESCRIPTION

 

volmgt_running() tells whether or not Volume Management is running.

RETURN VALUES

 

A non-zero value is returned if Volume Management is running, else 0 is returned.

ERRORS

 

volmgt_running() will fail, returning 0, if a stat(2) or 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 to see if Volume Management was running.

EXAMPLES

 Example 1. Using volmgt_running
 

To see if Volume Management is running:

 
if (volmgt_running() != 0) {
        (void) printf("Volume Management is running\n");
} else {
        (void) printf("Volume Management is NOT running\n");
}

ATTRIBUTES

 

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

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-LevelMT-Safe

SEE ALSO

 

cc(1B), vold(1M), open(2), stat(2), volmgt_check(3VOLMGT), volmgt_inuse (3VOLMGT), attributes(5), volfs(7FS)

NOTES

 

Volume Management must be running for many of the Volume Management library routines to work.


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 31 Dec 1996

 
      
      
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