diskd

NAME

       diskd - disk daemon; wait for disk to be inserted

SYNOPSIS

       diskd [-d drive] [-i interval] [-e command]

DESCRIPTION

       Diskd  waits for a disk to be inserted into a given drive,
       and then either executes the command or exits.  This  pro-
       gram  can be used to automatically mount a disk as soon as
       it is inserted.

WARNING

       This program works by switching the motor on  for  a  very
       short  interval,  and then seeking to track -1. This might
       damage hardware in the long run.  Amiga  disk  drives  are
       known  to  have  difficulties  to  start up after a while.
       (Amigas also use this  technique  to  automatically  mount
       disks as soon as they are inserted.

OPTIONS

       -d drive
              Selects the drive to observe for disk insertion. By
              default, drive 0 (/dev/fd0) is observed.

       -i interval
              Selects the polling interval. The interval is given
              in tenths of seconds. Default is 10 (one second).

       -e command
              Gives the command to be executed when a disk is in-
              serted. If no command is given the  program  simply
              exits.  Typically,  the command mounts the disk. It
              can be a shell scripts  which  probes  for  several
              filesystems  and disk geometries until it succeeds.

BUGS

       Automatic unmounting cannot yet be handled. It  is  indeed
       not enough to scan for disk removal, because that would be
       too late: There might be some buffers needing flushing.

       The drive motor is running all the time, and on some  com-
       puters,  the  drive led flickers at each time the drive is
       polled.

FILES

       /dev/fd* - Floppy devices

AUTHOR

       Alain Knaff, Alain.Knaff@inrialpes.fr

SEE ALSO

       superformat(1), getfdprm(1), floppycontrol(1), fdrawcmd(1)