freeramdisk.c

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/*
 * freeramdisk implementation for busybox
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2000 and written by Emanuele Caratti <wiz@iol.it>
 * Adjusted a bit by Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 *
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include "busybox.h"


/* From linux/fs.h */
#define BLKFLSBUF  _IO(0x12,97)	/* flush buffer cache */

extern int
freeramdisk_main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	int   f;

	if (argc != 2 || *argv[1] == '-') {
		usage(freeramdisk_usage);
	}

	if ((f = open(argv[1], O_RDWR)) == -1) {
		perror_msg_and_die("cannot open %s", argv[1]);
	}
	if (ioctl(f, BLKFLSBUF) < 0) {
		perror_msg_and_die("failed ioctl on %s", argv[1]);
	}
	/* Don't bother closing.  Exit does
	 * that, so we can save a few bytes */
	/* close(f); */
	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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