fldisp(1)                                                         fldisp(1)

NAME
     fldisp - display floppy disk label area (floppy display)

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/fldisp [-o] [-v]

DESCRIPTION
     fldisp displays the entries in the label area of the floppy disk
     currently in the drive. This area is in the first few tracks of the
     floppy disk. The format of a floppy disk is discussed in the flinit(1)
     command description.

     The label area of a floppy disk may contain the following entries,
     which you can display with fldisp:

     -  the owner of the floppy disk,

     -  the volume serial number.

     fldisp resides in the directory /usr/sbin.

     Entries in the label area of a floppy disk are made with flinit.

OPTIONS
     No option specified:
          fldisp displays the name of the owner and the volume serial
          number.

     -o   Displays the name of the owner.

     -v   Displays the volume serial number.

   Use of the fldisp command

     fldisp is used by the menu system when processing floppy disks. The
     entry in the label area enables a program to identify a floppy disk.
     Furthermore, in the menu system, only the owner recorded in the label
     area can access a floppy disk. Data is thus protected against access
     by unauthorized users, provided the access attempt is made in the menu
     system.

LOCALE
     The LCMESSAGES environment variable governs the language in which
     message texts are displayed.

     Answers to yes/no queries must be given in the language appropriate to
     the current locale.

     LCCTYPE governs character classes and character conversion (shift-
     ing).





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fldisp(1)                                                         fldisp(1)

     If LCMESSAGES or LCCTYPE is undefined or is defined as the null
     string, it defaults to the value of LANG. If LANG is likewise unde-
     fined or null, the system acts as if it were not internationalized.

     If any of the locale variables has an invalid value, the system acts
     as if none of the variables were set.

EXAMPLES
     Example 1

     To display the label area of a floppy disk, you enter:

     $ fldisp
     VSN:   000001
     owner: john

     The owner of the floppy disk is john; the volume serial number is 1.

     Example 2

     You now wish to check the owner of a floppy disk:

     $ fldisp -o
     john

     The owner of this floppy disk is john.

SEE ALSO
     flchk(1), flinit(1).

























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