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36.Dd June 9, 1993
37.Dt GETFH 2
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm getfh
41.Nd get file handle
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In sys/param.h
46.In sys/mount.h
47.Ft int
48.Fn getfh "const char *path" "fhandle_t *fhp"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50.Fn Getfh
51returns a file handle for the specified file or directory
52in the file handle pointed to by
53.Fa fhp .
54This system call is restricted to the superuser.
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56.Rv -std getfh
57.Sh ERRORS
58.Fn Getfh
59fails if one or more of the following are true:
60.Bl -tag -width Er
61.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
62A component of the path prefix of
63.Fa path
64is not a directory.
65.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
66The length of a component of
67.Fa path
68exceeds 255 characters,
69or the length of
70.Fa path
71exceeds 1023 characters.
72.It Bq Er ENOENT
73The file referred to by
74.Fa path
75does not exist.
76.It Bq Er EACCES
77Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix of
78.Fa path .
79.It Bq Er ELOOP
80Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating
81.Fa path .
82.It Bq Er EFAULT
83.Fa Fhp
84points to an invalid address.
85.It Bq Er EIO
86An
87.Tn I/O
88error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
89.El
90.Sh HISTORY
91The
92.Fn getfh
93function
94first appeared in
95.Bx 4.4 .
96