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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)