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35.Dd $Mdocdate: June 4 2013 $
36.Dt VCOUNT 9
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm vcount
40.Nd get total number of references to a device
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In sys/param.h
43.In sys/time.h
44.In sys/conf.h
45.In sys/vnode.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn vcount "struct vnode *vp"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49.Fn vcount
50is used to get the number of references to a particular device.
51It allows for the fact that multiple vnodes may reference the same device.
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53.Fn vcount
54returns the number of references to the device.
55.Sh SEE ALSO
56.Xr vnode 9
57.Sh AUTHORS
58This man page was originally written by
59.An Andrew Stevenson
60for
61.Fx .
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