1.\" $OpenBSD: getmaxpartitions.3,v 1.6 2013/06/05 03:40:26 tedu Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: getmaxpartitions.3,v 1.1 1996/05/16 07:03:30 thorpej Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 8.\" by Jason R. Thorpe. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 19.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 20.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 21.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 22.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE 23.\" LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 24.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 25.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 26.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 27.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 28.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 29.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $ 32.Dt GETMAXPARTITIONS 3 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm getmaxpartitions 36.Nd get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.In util.h 39.Ft int 40.Fn getmaxpartitions void 41.Sh DESCRIPTION 42.Fn getmaxpartitions 43returns the number of partitions that are allowed per disk on the 44system. 45.Sh SEE ALSO 46.Xr getrawpartition 3 , 47.Xr sysctl 3 48.Sh HISTORY 49The 50.Nm 51function call appeared in 52.Nx 1.2 . 53