harini g wrote: > > > Hi, > > Would like to know how to find the size of the block device using C. > SEEK_END seems to be little controversial means of finding the size. > > Is ioctl supported on solaris? > > Can some one help me on this ? > > Regards, > -harini >
Yes ioctl is supported in Solaris Use ioctl(fd, DIOCGMEDIASIZE, &mediasize) where mediasize is of type off_t See this link - http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/hackers/2006-06/msg00214.html It might work in OpenSolaris as well.
