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diff --git a/upstream/debian-bookworm/man1/diskseekd.1 b/upstream/debian-bookworm/man1/diskseekd.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d21c6f6c --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/debian-bookworm/man1/diskseekd.1 @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +.TH diskseekd 1 "27Jan21" fdutils-5.6 +.SH Name +diskseek, diskseekd - disk seek daemon; simulates Messy Dos' drive cleaning effect +'\" t +.de TQ +.br +.ns +.TP \\$1 +.. + +.tr \(is' +.tr \(if` +.tr \(pd" + +.SH Note +This manpage has been automatically generated from fdutils's texinfo +documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some +items, such as cross-references, footnotes and indices are lost in this +translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate +representation in the manpage format. Moreover, only the items specific +to each command have been translated, and the general information about +fdutils has been dropped in the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise +you to use the original texinfo doc. +.TP +* \ \ +To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following +commands: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make dvi; dvips fdutils.dvi +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R + +\&\fR +.TP +* \ \ +To generate a HTML copy, run: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make html +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R + +\&\fRA pre-made HTML can be found at: +\&\fR\&\f(CW\(ifhttp://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils\(is\fR +.TP +* \ \ +To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make info +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R + +\&\fR +.PP +The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as HTML. Indeed, in +the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the +quoting conventions used in info. +.SH Description +.PP +Several people have noticed that Linux has a bad tendency of killing +floppy drives. These failures remained completely mysterious, until +somebody noticed that they were due to huge layers of dust accumulating +in the floppy drives. This cannot happen under Messy Dos, because this +excuse for an operating system is so unstable that it crashes roughly +every 20 minutes (actually less if you are running Windows). When +rebooting, the BIOS seeks the drive, and by doing this, it shakes the +dust out of the drive mechanism. \fR\&\f(CWdiskseekd\fR simulates this effect +by seeking the drive periodically. If it is called as \fR\&\f(CWdiskseek\fR, +the drive is sought only once. +.PP +.SH Options +.PP +The syntax for \fR\&\f(CWdiskseekd\fR is as follows: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i +\&\fR\&\f(CWdiskseekd [\fR\&\f(CW\-d \fIdrive\fR\&\f(CW] [\fR\&\f(CW\-i \fIinterval\fR\&\f(CW] [\fR\&\f(CW\-p \fIpidfile\fR\&\f(CW] +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R + +\&\fR +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CW\-d\ \fIdrive\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ +Selects the drive to seek. By default, drive 0 (\fR\&\f(CW\(if/dev/fd0\(is\fR) is sought. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CW\-i\ \fIinterval\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ +Selects the cleaning interval, in seconds. If the interval is 0, a +single seek is done. This is useful when calling diskseek from a +crontab. The default is 1000 seconds (about 16 minutes) for +\&\fR\&\f(CWdiskseekd\fR and 0 for \fR\&\f(CWdiskseek\fR. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CW\-p\ \fIpidfile\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ +Stores the process id of the diskseekd daemon into \fIpidfile\fR instead +of the default \fR\&\f(CW\(if/var/run/diskseekd.pid\(is\fR. +.PP +.SH Bugs +.TP +1.\ +Other aspects of Messy Dos' flakiness are not simulated. +.TP +2.\ +This section lacks a few smileys. +.SH See Also +Fdutils' texinfo doc |