GETRAWPARTITION(3) AerieBSD 1.0 Refernce Manual GETRAWPARTITION(3)

NAME

getrawpartition — get the system “raw” partition

SYNOPSIS

#include <util.h>

int getrawpartition(void);

DESCRIPTION

getrawpartition(); returns the partition number .Pf ( Sq a == 0, ‘b’ == 1, ...) of the “raw” partition of the system's disks. The “raw” partition is defined as the partition which provides access to the entire disk, regardless of the disk's partition map.

SEE ALSO

getmaxpartitions(3), sysctl(3)

HISTORY

The getrawpartition function call appeared in NetBSD 1.2.

AerieBSD 1.0 Reference Manual December 26 2008 GETRAWPARTITION(3)