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36.Dd June 9, 1993
37.Dt GETMNTINFO 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm getmntinfo
41.Nd get information about mounted file systems
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Fd #include \*[Lt]sys/param.h\*[Gt]
46.Fd #include \*[Lt]sys/ucred.h\*[Gt]
47.Fd #include \*[Lt]sys/mount.h\*[Gt]
48.Ft int
49.Fn getmntinfo "struct statfs **mntbufp" "int flags"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn getmntinfo
53function returns an array of
54.Em statfs
55structures describing each currently mounted file system (see
56.Xr statfs 2 ) .
57.Pp
58The
59.Fn getmntinfo
60function
61passes its
62.Fa flags
63parameter transparently to
64.Xr getfsstat 2 .
65.Sh RETURN VALUES
66On successful completion,
67.Fn getmntinfo
68returns a count of the number of elements in the array.
69The pointer to the array is stored into
70.Fa mntbufp .
71.Pp
72If an error occurs, zero is returned and the external variable
73.Va errno
74is set to indicate the error.
75Although the pointer
76.Fa mntbufp
77will be unmodified, any information previously returned by
78.Fn getmntinfo
79will be lost.
80.Sh ERRORS
81The
82.Fn getmntinfo
83function
84may fail and set
85.Va errno
86for any of the errors specified for the library routines
87.Xr getfsstat 2
88or
89.Xr malloc 3 .
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr getfsstat 2 ,
92.Xr mount 2 ,
93.Xr statfs 2 ,
94.Xr mount 8
95.Sh HISTORY
96The
97.Fn getmntinfo
98function first appeared in
99.Bx 4.4 .
100.Sh BUGS
101The
102.Fn getmntinfo
103function writes the array of structures to an internal static object
104and returns
105a pointer to that object.
106Subsequent calls to
107.Fn getmntinfo
108will modify the same object.
109.Pp
110The memory allocated by
111.Fn getmntinfo
112cannot be
113.Xr free 3 Ns 'd
114by the application.
115