Alex,

It might be better to use format's command-file:

 From format(1):
>      -f command-file      Take command  input  from  command-file
>                           rather  than  the  standard  input. The
>                           file must contain commands that  appear
>                           just  as  they  would  if they had been
>                           entered from the  keyboard.  With  this
>                           option, format does not issue continue?
>                           prompts; there is no  need  to  specify
>                           y(es)  or  n(o) answers in the command-
>                           file. In non-interactive  mode,  format
>                           does  not initially expect the input of
>                           a disk selection number. The user  must
>                           specify  the  current working disk with
>                           the -d disk-name option when format  is
>                           invoked,  or  specify disk and the disk
>                           selection number in the command-file.

This would resolve needing to update the code each time additional
questions are added to format.

Thanks,

John

On 03/15/10 08:57 AM, Keith Mitchell wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> The change itself looks fine to me.
>
> I do wonder what happens if format(1M) ever changes (another question
> added, or some such thing). This section of code in general (not your
> fix specifically; but the original version as well as the SMI labeling
> just below the changed code) seems rather fragile.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
>
> On 03/12/10 04:00 AM, Alexander Eremin wrote:
>> Please review the one line webrev at
>> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~alhazred/15101/
>> which fix 15101 bug "idm_create_disk_label fails to overwrite GPT with
>> SMI label on some disks"
>> Added additional 'no' to format call, which does not affect cases where
>> the question about geometry is not set.
>>
>> Thanks,
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