.TH diskd 1 "27Jan21" fdutils-5.6
.SH Name
diskd - disk daemon; wait for disk to be inserted
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.SH Description
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The diskd command has the following syntax:
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\&\fR\&\f(CWdiskd [\fR\&\f(CW\-d \fIdrive\fR\&\f(CW] [\fR\&\f(CW\-i \fIinterval\fR\&\f(CW] [\fR\&\f(CW\-e \fIcommand\fR\&\f(CW]
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Diskd waits for a disk to be inserted into a given \fIdrive\fR, and then
either executes the \fIcommand\fR or exits. This program can be used to
automatically mount a disk as soon as it is inserted.
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.SH Warning
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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. Amigas, which also use these techniques, are known for
having problems with their disk drives no longer spinning up properly
after a few month of usage.
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.SH Options
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\&\fR\&\f(CW\-d\ \fIdrive\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ 
Selects the drive to observe for disk insertion. By default, drive 0
(\fR\&\f(CW/dev/fd0\fR) is observed.
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\&\fR\&\f(CW\-i\ \fIinterval\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ 
Selects the polling interval. The interval is given in tenths of
seconds. Default is 10 (one second).
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\&\fR\&\f(CW\-e\ \fIcommand\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ 
Gives the command to be executed when a disk is inserted. 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.
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.SH Bugs
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Automatic unmounting cannot yet be handled. It is indeed not enough to
scan for disk removal, because when the disk is removed, it is already
too late: There might be some buffers needing flushing.  However, the
\&\fR\&\f(CWfdmountd\fR program allows automatic unmounting by using the
\&\fR\&\f(CWSYNC\fR mount options, which switches off write buffering
(see section  fdmount).
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The drive motor is running all the time, and on some computers, the
drive led flickers at each time the drive is polled.  
.SH See Also
Fdutils' texinfo doc