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35.Dd July 23, 1991
36.Dt GETFH 2
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm getfh
40.Nd get file handle
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
43.Fd #include <sys/mount.h>
44.Ft int
45.Fn getfh "char *path" "struct fhandle_t *fhp"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47.Fn Getfh
48returns a file handle for the specified file or directory
49in the file handle pointed to by
50.Fa fhp .
51This system call is restricted to the superuser.
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
54Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable
55.Va errno
56is set to indicate the error.
57.Sh ERRORS
58.Fn Getfh
59fails if one or more of the following are true:
60.Bl -tag -width Er
61.It Bq ENOTDIR
62A component of the path prefix of
63.Fa path
64is not a directory.
65.It Bq ENAMETOOLONG
66The length of a component of
67.Fa path
68exceeds
69.Dv {NAME_MAX}
70characters, or the length of
71.Fa path
72exceeds
73.Dv {PATH_MAX}
74characters.
75.It Bq ENOENT
76The file referred to by
77.Fa path
78does not exist.
79.It Bq EACCES
80Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix of
81.Fa path .
82.It Bq ELOOP
83Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating
84.Fa path .
85.It Bq EFAULT
86.Fa Fhp
87points to an invalid address.
88.It Bq EIO
89An
90.Tn I/O
91error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
92.El
93.Sh HISTORY
94The
95.Fn getfh
96function call is
97.Ud .
98