parck(8)                            CLIX                            parck(8)



  NAME

    parck - Reads a disk partition table

  SYNOPSIS

    /etc/parck [-f] rawdevice [par mod]

  FLAGS

    -f   Examines a partitioned floppy disk.

  DESCRIPTION

    The parck command reads a disk partition table and displays the partition
    information for any disk device.  The displayed information includes
    partition and modifier number as well as size in blocks and start block
    for each partition.  The total number of blocks on the disk is also
    displayed.

    If parck is invoked with par and mod, it displays only the start block and
    size for the specified partition.

    The End of Disk (EOD) partition is used by some utilities.  The EOD
    partition has a partition number of 0xff and a modifier of 0x0 with a
    length of 0.

    If the EOD partition is not present, parck will prompt whether an EOD
    partition should be added.  If a y is entered, an EOD partition is added
    after the last partition.  If there is not enough room for an EOD
    partition, parck will prompt whether the last partition should be replaced
    by the EOD partition.  If a y is entered, the last partition is replaced
    by the EOD partition.  This will, however, result in blocks being unused
    on the disk if the last partition was not of length 0.

  CAUTIONS

    EOD partitions are not used for floppy disks.

  EXIT VALUES

    If the specified partition does not exist, a -1 is returned for both par
    and mod.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands: mkpar(8)

    Files: dc(7), fl(7), diskpar(4), floppypar(4)





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