usr.sbin/fdcontrol/fdcontrol.8

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.Dd May 22, 1994
.Os
.Dt FDCONTROL 8
.Sh NAME
.Nm fdcontrol
.Nd modify floppy disk parameters
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm fdcontrol
.Ar device
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Fdcontrol
allows the specification of device parameters for the floppy disk at
.Ar device .
.Ar Device
should be a character device.

Since the implications of such a specification are considered harmful,
the underlying
.Xr ioctl 2
command is restricted to the super-user.

The command asks the user for each individual tunable parameter,
defaulting to the currently used value.

.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
Error codes for the underlying
.Xr ioctl 2
commands are printed by the
.Xr perror 3
facility.

.Sh BUGS
The
.Nm
command is currently under development. It's user interface is rather
silly and likely to change in future, options should be provided to
allow anything being modified from the command line.

.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fd 4 ,
.Xr ioctl 2 ,
.Xr perror 3 .
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm Fdcontrol
is currently under development. It's user interface and overall
functionality are subjects to future improvements and changes.
.Sh AUTHOR
The program has been contributed by
.if n Joerg Wunsch,
.if t J\(:org Wunsch,
Dresden.