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30.Dd May 4, 2010
31.Dt GETRAWPARTITION 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm getrawpartition
35.Nd get the system
36.Dq raw
37partition
38.Sh LIBRARY
39.Lb libutil
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In util.h
42.Ft int
43.Fn getrawpartition void
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45.Fn getrawpartition
46returns the partition number
47.Po
480 for
49.Ql a ,
501 for
51.Ql b ,
52etc
53.Pc
54of the
55.Dq raw
56partition of the system's disks,
57or \-1 in case of an error, setting the global
58.Va errno
59variable.
60The possible values for
61.Va errno
62are the same as in
63.Xr sysctl 3 .
64The
65.Dq raw
66partition is defined as the partition which provides access to the entire
67disk, regardless of the disk's partition map.
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr getmaxpartitions 3 ,
70.Xr sysctl 3
71.Sh HISTORY
72The
73.Fn getrawpartition
74function call appeared in
75.Nx 1.2 .
76