On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Jason R Thorpe wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:25:44AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> 
>  > This is interesting- in particular dkctl. I'd suggest that you could also add
>  > functions going the *Other* way and add 'write check' functionality as well.
> 
> Hm... I'm not really visualizing what you mean by "the other way".  Can
> you expand on this a little?
> 
> Also, what do you mean by "write check" in this context?
> 
> BTW, I'm planning to add "format media" and "verify media" ioctls and
> associated stuff in dkctl(8), as well...

"write check" is "verify media"