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


NAME

     getbootfile - get the name of the booted kernel file


LIBRARY

     System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <util.h>

     const char *
     getbootfile(void);


DESCRIPTION

     getbootfile() returns a static pointer to the full path name of the file
     from which the current kernel was loaded. If it can not be determined, or
     the file is not ``secure'' (see secure_path(3)), _PATH_UNIX from
     <paths.h> is returned instead.


SEE ALSO

     secure_path(3), sysctl(3)


HISTORY

     The getbootfile function call appeared in FreeBSD 2.0 and NetBSD 1.6.

NetBSD 1.6.1                     April 6, 2001                               1