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GETRAWPARTITION(3)        NetBSD Programmer's Manual        GETRAWPARTITION(3)


NAME

     getrawpartition - get the system ``raw'' partition


LIBRARY

     System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <util.h>

     int
     getrawpartition(void);


DESCRIPTION

     getrawpartition() returns the partition number ( `a' == 0, `b' == 1, ...)
     of the ``raw'' partition of the system's disks.  The ``raw'' partition is
     defined as the partition which provides access to the entire disk, re-
     gardless of the disk's partition map.


SEE ALSO

     getmaxpartitions(3), sysctl(3)


HISTORY

     The getrawpartition function call appeared in NetBSD 1.2.

NetBSD 1.6                       May 15, 1996                                1