1.\" $NetBSD: getrawpartition.3,v 1.12 2024/02/04 18:44:54 uwe Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Jason R. Thorpe. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 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