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32.Dd June 9, 1993
33.Dt GETFH 2
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm getfh
37.Nd get file handle
38.Sh LIBRARY
39.Lb libc
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In sys/param.h
42.In sys/mount.h
43.Ft int
44.Fn getfh "const char *path" "fhandle_t *fhp"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Fn Getfh
47returns a file handle for the specified file or directory
48in the file handle pointed to by
49.Fa fhp .
50This system call is restricted to the superuser.
51.Sh RETURN VALUES
52.Rv -std getfh
53.Sh ERRORS
54.Fn Getfh
55fails if one or more of the following are true:
56.Bl -tag -width Er
57.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
58A component of the path prefix of
59.Fa path
60is not a directory.
61.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
62The length of a component of
63.Fa path
64exceeds 255 characters,
65or the length of
66.Fa path
67exceeds 1023 characters.
68.It Bq Er ENOENT
69The file referred to by
70.Fa path
71does not exist.
72.It Bq Er EACCES
73Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix of
74.Fa path .
75.It Bq Er ELOOP
76Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating
77.Fa path .
78.It Bq Er EFAULT
79.Fa Fhp
80points to an invalid address.
81.It Bq Er EIO
82An
83.Tn I/O
84error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
85.El
86.Sh HISTORY
87The
88.Fn getfh
89function
90first appeared in
91.Bx 4.4 .
92