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GETRAWPARTITION(3)      NetBSD Library Functions 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, or -1 in case of an
     error, setting the global errno variable.  The possible values for errno
     are the same as in sysctl(3).  The ``raw'' partition is defined as the
     partition which provides access to the entire disk, regardless of the
     disk's partition map.


SEE ALSO

     getmaxpartitions(3), sysctl(3)


HISTORY

     The getrawpartition function call appeared in NetBSD 1.2.

NetBSD 5.0                       May 24, 2006                       NetBSD 5.0