spin

The spin command starts spinning a disc or stops the disc from spinning. Videodisc devices recognize this command.

spin device updown flags 
 

Parameters

device

Identifier of an MCI device. This identifier or alias is assigned when the device is opened.

updown

One of the following flags:

down

Stops the disc from spinning.

up

Starts spinning the disc.

flags

Can be “wait”, “notify”, or both. For more information about these flags, see The Wait, Notify, and Test Flags.

Return Values

Returns zero if successful or an error otherwise.

Remarks

The following command starts spinning a videodisc device:

spin videodisc up