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- FileSystems will trace through the system structures and display information
- about the devices available to AmigaDOS which have file systems associated
- with them - in other words, disk devices. The information displayed includes
- the AmigaDOS device name, the exec device name and unit number, the head
- geometry (number of heads, number of sectors per track, initial track
- and final track), and the type of memory to use for device buffers. Certain
- non-standard devices, such as RAM: do not require such information, because
- they are entirely AmigaDOS handler operated; these are noted by the text
- "AmigaDOS device XXX: has no FileSysStartupMsg." Currently, this program
- takes no arguments, but a future version will accept a device name and
- display information on only that device.
-
- WARNING: because I am collecting and printing information alternately,
- rather than collecting it all at once and printing it all at once, I could
- not easily bracket accesses of system structures with Forbid()/Permit()
- pairs. It is possible to guru the machine by running FileSystems while a
- device is being mounted. This deficiency will be addressed in a future
- release.
-
- As the copyright notice says, this is not public domain (heck, it's not even
- an example of "good coding"), but it is freely redistributable. Please feel
- free to give this away, but don't sell it. You may also include this program
- in collections which charge a reasonable fee for media and copying charge.
-
- Share and enjoy,
-
- -ethan
-
- erd@tut.cis.ohio-state.EDU (until 31 March 1990)
-
- or
-
- cis.ohio-state.EDU!kumiss!erd (anytime)
-
-