volmgt_ownspath(3X)

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NAME

volmgt_ownspath- check Volume Management name space for path

SYNOPSIS

cc [[flag ...]] file ...-lvolgmt [[library ...]] 

#include <volmgt.h>

int volmgt_ownspath(char *path);

DESCRIPTION

volmgt_ownspath() checks to see if a given path is contained in the Volume Management name space. This is achieved by comparing the beginning of the supplied path name with the output from volmgt_root(3X)

PARAMETERS

path

A string containing the path.

RETURN VALUES

non-zero

The path is owned by Volume Management.

0

volgmt() does not have path in its name space, or Volume Management is not running.

EXAMPLES

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Example 1 Using volmgt_ownspath()




The following example first checks if volmgt() is running, then checks the Volume Management name space for path, and then returns the id for the piece of media.

char *path;

	...

if (volmgt_running()) {
     if (volmgt_ownspath(path)) {
          (void) printf("id of %s is %lld\n",
               path, media_getid(path));
     }
	}

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ATTRIBUTES

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

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT Level	Safe
Commitment Level	Public

SEE ALSO

volmgt_root(3X), volmgt_running(3X)attributes(5)

SunOS 5.7  Last Revised 21 Apr 1998

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | PARAMETERS | RETURN VALUES | EXAMPLES | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO