+
+# This function tries to find a useable mt binary. If a fully-qualified path
+# was provided at configure time or via a config file, we check that it
+# exists and is executable. If an incomplete path was specified (e.g., "mt"),
+# we ask the shell to search the path. Returns 0 on success, 1 on failure.
+
+try_find_mt() {
+ # Only do this once.
+ if test -n $mt_found; then
+ return 0
+ fi
+
+ if test -z $MT; then
+ MT=mt
+ fi
+
+ if "`echo $MT | dd bs=1 count=1`" = "/"; then
+ if ! test -f "${MT}"; then
+ echo `_ "mt binary at '%s' not found" "$MTX"`
+ return 1
+ fi
+ if ! test -x "${MT}"; then
+ echo `_ "mt binary at '%s' is not executable" "$MTX"`
+ return 1
+ fi
+ else
+ # try running it to see if the shell can find it
+ "$MT" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+ if test $? -eq 127 -o $? -eq 126; then
+ echo `_ "Could not run mt binary at '%s'" "$MTX"`
+ return 1
+ fi
+ fi
+
+ mt_found=yes
+ return 0
+}
+
+# This function strips the tape: from the front of device names.
+# Capture its output with ``.
+tape_device_filename() {
+ # Easy (?) to express this in Perl.
+ perl -e '$ARGV[0] =~ /^(?:([^:]+):)?(.*)$/;
+ print $2 if ($1 || "tape") eq "tape"' "$1"
+}
+
+# Runs amdevcheck to find out if a particular device is usable. Finds the
+# config name based on pwd, so run it from the config directory. The sole
+# argument should be the device name to check. Note that amdevcheck can FP
+# on device status, since some devices can't differentiate between device
+# problems and an unlabeled volume.
+amdevcheck_status() {
+ amdevcheck_config_dir=`pwd`
+ amdevcheck_config_name=`basename $amdevcheck_config_dir`
+ amdevcheck_output=`amdevcheck $amdevcheck_config_name $@`
+
+ if test $? -eq 0 || \
+ echo $amdevcheck_output | grep UNLABELED > /dev/null; then
+ return 0
+ else
+ return 1
+ fi
+}
+
+# This attempts to eject a device using whatever system tools are available.
+# At the moment, that means mt for tapes, and nothing otherwise, but might
+# be extended at some later time.
+
+try_eject_device() {
+ if echo "$1" | grep -e '^tape:' > /dev/null; then
+ try_eject_device_tape="`echo \"$1\" | cut -b6-`"
+ elif echo "$1" | grep -v : > /dev/null; then
+ try_eject_device_tape="$1"
+ else
+ try_eject_device_tape=
+ fi
+
+ if test -n "$try_eject_device_tape"; then
+ if try_find_mt; then
+ $MT $MTF "$try_eject_device_tape" eject
+ fi
+ else
+ # Technically we failed to eject the device, but we presume that's
+ # because it doesn't require ejection.
+ return 0
+ fi
+}