using the 'format' command non-interactively in a script

[DukeNM]

hi ,
i am a bit new to solaris. but anyways i just wanted to use the format
command and have the disk-status into a file
ie. if i give
format -d c0t1d0
it would give a menu
now if i type 'verify'
the output which would be generated is what i want to be redirected to
a log/txt file..

i wanted this so that a script would inwoke the format and send the
'verify' output to the log file.

any way to do this.

[Tony Walton]

DukeNM wrote:

> ... a script would inwoke the format and send the
> 'verify' output to the log file.
>
> any way to do this.

Something along the lines of

echo "verify" | format -d c0t1d0 > /tmp/format.log perhaps?

Tony

[stefan]

[email]tridentadm@netscape.net[/email] (DukeNM) wrote in message news:<6b07a80.0307310215.78aa3cc9@posting.google.c om>...

> hi ,
> i am a bit new to solaris. but anyways i just wanted to use the format
> command and have the disk-status into a file
> ie. if i give
> format -d c0t1d0
> it would give a menu
> now if i type 'verify'
> the output which would be generated is what i want to be redirected to
> a log/txt file..
>
> i wanted this so that a script would inwoke the format and send the
> 'verify' output to the log file.
>
> any way to do this.

Try something like that ( it is not smart, but it works) :




echo " " >> $Z
echo "--------------------------------- " >> $Z
echo "-------- format -------- " >> $Z
echo "--------------------------------- " >> $Z
echo " " >> $Z


echo "disk" > /tmp/InputFile.$$
/usr/sbin/format -f /tmp/InputFile.$$ >> $Z 2>&1
/usr/bin/rm /tmp/InputFile.$$


echo " " >> $Z


echo " " >> $Z
echo "--------------------------------- " >> $Z
echo "- 1. int. Disk: partition table - " >> $Z
echo "--------------------------------- " >> $Z
echo " " >> $Z


file=/tmp/file$$

# get the first internal disk's name

echo "disk 0 q" > $file
set -- `format -f $file | grep selecting`
a=`echo $2`

# get the first internal disk's partition table

echo "format $a <<EOF" > $file
echo "p" >> $file
echo "p" >> $file
echo "q" >> $file

chmod 700 $file
$file >> $Z 2>&1
rm $file

echo " " >> $Z