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GETLABELSECTOR(3)       NetBSD Library Functions Manual      GETLABELSECTOR(3)


NAME
getlabelsector, getlabeloffset -- get the sector number and offset of the disklabel
LIBRARY
System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)
SYNOPSIS
#include <util.h> daddr_t getlabelsector(void); off_t getlabeloffset(void);
DESCRIPTION
The getlabelsector() and getlabeloffset() functions return values which describe the exact on-disk location of the disklabel(5) on the current system, or -1 on error. These functions supercede the hardcoded LABELSECTOR and LABELOFFSET definitions previously used to derive the location of the disklabel(5).
SEE ALSO
sysctl(3), disklabel(5)
HISTORY
The getlabelsector() and getlabeloffset() functions appeared in NetBSD 2.0. NetBSD 5.2 December 11, 2002 NetBSD 5.2

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