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DISKCTL(8)							    DISKCTL(8)

NAME
       diskctl - control disk drive

SYNOPSIS
       diskctl device command [arguments]

DESCRIPTION
       The diskctl tool allows one to view and manage settings of, and perform
       actions on, disk drives. The following  paragraph  lists	 the  commands
       that  are  currently  supported by this tool.  Please note that not all
       disks and drivers support all commands.

COMMANDS
       getwcache Retrieve the status (on or off) of the	 write	cache  on  the
		 device.

       setwcache [on|off]
		 Enable	 or  disable the write cache on the device.  Disabling
		 the write cache typically also triggers a cache flush.

       flush	 Tell the device to flush its write cache.  The call will  not
		 return until the cache flush has completed.

EXAMPLES
       diskctl /dev/c0d0 setwcache on
			   # Turn on the write cache on c0d0.

       diskctl /dev/c1d2 flush
			   # Trigger a cache flush on c1d2.

SEE ALSO
       controller(4).

AUTHOR
       David van Moolenbroek <dcvmoole@cs.vu.nl>

								    DISKCTL(8)
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