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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.  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 2.0                       May 15, 1996                       NetBSD 2.0