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34.Dd April 14, 2004
35.Dt FHOPEN 2
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm fhopen ,
39.Nm fhstat ,
40.Nm fhstatvfs
41.Nd access file via file handle
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In sys/types.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn fhopen "const fhandle_t *fhp" "int flags"
48.In sys/stat.h
49.Ft int
50.Fn fhstat "const fhandle_t *fhp" "struct stat *sb"
51.In sys/statvfs.h
52.Ft int
53.Fn fhstatvfs "const fhandle_t *fhp" "struct statvfs *buf"
54.Ft int
55.Fn fhstatvfs1 "const fhandle_t *fhp" "struct statvfs *buf" "int flags"
56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57These functions provide a means to access a file given the file handle
58.Fa fhp .
59As this method bypasses directory access restrictions, these calls are
60restricted to the superuser.
61.Pp
62.Fn fhopen
63opens the file referenced by
64.Fa fhp
65for reading and/or writing as specified by the argument
66.Fa flags
67and returns the file descriptor to the calling process.
68The
69.Fa flags
70are specified by
71.Em or Ns 'ing
72together the flags used for the
73.Xr open 2
74call.
75All said flags are valid except for
76.Dv O_CREAT .
77.Pp
78.Fn fhstat ,
79.Fn fhstatvfs ,
80and
81.Fn fhstatvfs1
82provide the functionality of the
83.Xr fstat 2 ,
84.Xr fstatvfs 2 ,
85and
86.Xr fstatvfs1 2
87calls except that they return information for the file referred to by
88.Fa fhp
89rather than an open file.
90.Sh RETURN VALUES
91Upon successful completion,
92.Fn fhopen
93returns the file descriptor for the opened file, while
94.Fn fhstat ,
95.Fn fhstatvfs ,
96and
97.Fn fhstatvfs1
98return 0.
99Otherwise, \-1 is returned and
100.Va errno
101is set to indicate the error.
102.Sh ERRORS
103In addition to the errors returned by
104.Xr open 2 ,
105.Xr fstat 2 ,
106.Xr fstatvfs 2 ,
107and
108.Xr fstatvfs1 2 ,
109respectively,
110.Fn fhopen ,
111.Fn fhstat ,
112.Fn fhstatvfs ,
113and
114.Fn fhstatvfs1
115will return
116.Bl -tag -width Er
117.It Bq Er EINVAL
118Calling
119.Fn fhopen
120with
121.Dv O_CREAT
122set.
123.It Bq Er ESTALE
124The file handle
125.Fa fhp
126is no longer valid.
127.El
128.Sh SEE ALSO
129.Xr fstat 2 ,
130.Xr fstatvfs 2 ,
131.Xr fstatvfs1 2 ,
132.Xr getfh 2 ,
133.Xr open 2
134.Sh HISTORY
135The
136.Fn fhopen ,
137and
138.Fn fhstat
139functions first appeared in
140.Nx 1.5 .
141The
142.Fn fhstatvfs
143function replaced
144.Fn fhstatfs
145in
146.Nx 2.1 .
147