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vold - Volume Management daemon to manage CD-ROM and floppy devices
/usr/sbin/vold [ -n ] [ -t ] [ -v ] [ -f config-file ] [ -l log-file
] [ -d root-dir ] [ -L debug-level ]
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The
Volume Management daemon, vold, creates and maintains a file system image
rooted at root-dir that contains symbolic names for floppies and CD-ROMs.
The default root-dir is set to /vol if no directory is specified by the
-d option.
vold reads the /etc/vold.conf configuration file upon startup. If
the configuration file is modified later, vold must be told to reread the
/etc/vold.conf file. Do this by entering
example# kill -HUP vold_pid
The following options are supported:
- -n
- Never writeback. Volume Management updates media labels with unique information
if labels are not unique. This flag keeps Volume Management from changing
your media. The default setting is FALSE.
- -t
- Dump NFS trace information to
the log file. The default setting is FALSE.
- -v
- Provide lots of status information
to the log file. The default setting is FALSE (do not provide status info
to log file).
- -d root-dir
- Specify an alternate root directory. The default
location is /vol. Setting this will also cause other Volume Management utilities
to use this as the default root directory.
- -f config-file
- Specify an alternate
configuration file. The default file is /etc/vold.conf.
- -l log-file
- Specify
an alternate log file. The default log file is /var/adm/vold.log.
- -L debug-level
- Change the level (verbosity) of debug messages sent to the log file. The
range is 0 to 99 where 0 is nothing and 99 is everything. The default level
is 0.
vold sets the following environment variables to aid programs
which are called when events such as insert, notify, and eject occur:
- VOLUME_ACTION
- Event that caused this program to be executed.
- VOLUME_PATH
- Pathname of
the matched regex from the vold.conf file.
- VOLUME_DEVICE
- Device (in /vol/dev)
that applies to the media.
- VOLUME_NAME
- Name of the volume in question.
- VOLUME_USER
- User ID of the user causing the event to occur.
- VOLUME_SYMNAME
- Symbolic
name of a device containing the volume.
- VOLUME_MEDIATYPE
- Name of the type
of media (CD-ROM or floppy)
- /etc/vold.conf
- Volume Management daemon configuration file. Directs
the Volume Management daemon to control certain devices, and causes events
to occur when specific criteria are met.
- /usr/lib/vold/*.so.1
- Shared objects
called by Volume Management daemon when certain actions occur.
- /var/adm/vold.log
- the default log file location (see the -l option for a description).
- /vol
- the default Volume Management root directory.
volcancel(1)
, volcheck(1)
,
volmissing(1)
rmmount(1M)
, rmmount.conf(4)
, vold.conf(4)
, volfs(7FS)
,
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