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33.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
34.Dt GETFH 2
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm getfh
38.Nd get file handle
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Fd #include <sys/param.h>
41.Fd #include <sys/mount.h>
42.Ft int
43.Fn getfh "const char *path" "fhandle_t *fhp"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45.Fn getfh
46returns a file handle for the specified file or directory
47.Fa path
48in the file handle pointed to by
49.Fa fhp .
50This system call is restricted to the superuser.
51.Sh RETURN VALUES
52Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
53Otherwise, \-1 is returned and the global variable
54.Va errno
55is set to indicate the error.
56.Sh ERRORS
57.Fn getfh
58fails if one or more of the following are true:
59.Bl -tag -width Er
60.It Bq ENOTDIR
61A component of the path prefix of
62.Fa path
63is not a directory.
64.It Bq ENAMETOOLONG
65The length of a component of
66.Fa path
67exceeds
68.Dv {NAME_MAX}
69characters, or the length of
70.Fa path
71exceeds
72.Dv {PATH_MAX}
73characters.
74.It Bq ENOENT
75The file referred to by
76.Fa path
77does not exist.
78.It Bq EACCES
79Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix of
80.Fa path .
81.It Bq ELOOP
82Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating
83.Fa path .
84.It Bq EPERM
85The effective user ID is not the superuser.
86.It Bq EFAULT
87.Fa fhp
88or
89.Fa path
90points to an invalid address.
91.It Bq EIO
92An
93.Tn I/O
94error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
95.It Bq EINVAL
96A portion of
97.Fa path
98refers to a remote file system.
99.It Bq EOPNOTSUPP
100A portion of
101.Fa path
102refers to a remote file system.
103.El
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr fhstat 2
106.Sh HISTORY
107The
108.Fn getfh
109function first appeared in
110.Bx 4.4 .
111