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devcontrol

string integer devcontrol boolean

allows a host computer utility to manage resources on the flash or disk. It requires a string device name parameter, an integer command name parameter, and two command argument parameters. The device control operator performs a specified command on the specified device. The return values on the stack indicate:

true

the command is successful

false the command is unsuccessful and returns an error code

Table 4-6: devcontrol Operator Parameters

 

 

 

Integer Command

 

 

Name Parameter

Argument Parameter

Description

1

null null

Park disk heads

 

 

 

5

file null

Make contiguous flash file

 

 

 

8

filename description

Set description of file

 

 

 

9

password null

Set device read/write password

 

 

 

10

password null

Set device write password

 

 

 

11

filename password

Set file read/write password

 

 

 

12

filename password

Set file write password

 

 

 

13

password null

Declare device read/write password

 

 

 

14

password null

Declare device write password

 

 

 

15

filename password

Declare file read/write password

 

 

 

16

filename password

Declare file write password

 

 

 

17

null null

Reset device password list

 

 

 

18

null null

Reset file password list

 

 

 

19

devicename password

Get device password

 

 

 

19

filename password

Get file password

 

 

 

20

devicename null

Determine if device password is properly declared

 

 

 

20

filename null

Determine if file password is properly declared

 

 

 

21

null null

Scan for bad block

 

 

 

22

null null

Abort bad block scan

 

 

 

23

null null

Quick bad block scan

 

 

 

24

null null

Flush the disk cache

 

 

 

27

file null

Be quiet when writing to disk

 

 

 

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Lexmark C762, C760 manual Devcontrol Operator Parameters