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30*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Dd May 4, 2010
31*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Dt GETRAWPARTITION 3
32*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Os
33*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Sh NAME
34*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Nm getrawpartition
35*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Nd get the system
36*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Dq raw
37*0c3983b2SBen Graspartition
38*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY
39*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Lb libutil
40*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS
41*0c3983b2SBen Gras.In util.h
42*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Ft int
43*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Fn getrawpartition void
44*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION
45*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Fn getrawpartition
46*0c3983b2SBen Grasreturns the partition number (
47*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Sq a
48*0c3983b2SBen Gras== 0,
49*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Sq b
50*0c3983b2SBen Gras== 1, ...) of the
51*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Dq raw
52*0c3983b2SBen Graspartition of the system's disks,
53*0c3983b2SBen Grasor \-1 in case of an error, setting the global
54*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Va errno
55*0c3983b2SBen Grasvariable.
56*0c3983b2SBen GrasThe possible values for
57*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Va errno
58*0c3983b2SBen Grasare the same as in
59*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Xr sysctl 3 .
60*0c3983b2SBen GrasThe
61*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Dq raw
62*0c3983b2SBen Graspartition is defined as the partition which provides access to the entire
63*0c3983b2SBen Grasdisk, regardless of the disk's partition map.
64*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO
65*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Xr getmaxpartitions 3 ,
66*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Xr sysctl 3
67*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Sh HISTORY
68*0c3983b2SBen GrasThe
69*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Fn getrawpartition
70*0c3983b2SBen Grasfunction call appeared in
71*0c3983b2SBen Gras.Nx 1.2 .
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