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37.Dd October 12, 2002
38.Dt DISKLABEL_SCAN 3
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm disklabel_scan
42.Nd scan a buffer for a valid disklabel
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libutil
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.Fd #include \*[Lt]util.h\*[Gt]
47.Ft int
48.Fn disklabel_scan "struct disklabel *lp" "char *buf" "size_t buflen"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50.Fn disklabel_scan
51scans the memory region specified by
52.Fa buf
53and
54.Fa buflen
55for a valid disklabel.
56If such a label is found, it is copied into
57.Fa lp .
58.Sh RETURN VALUES
59The
60.Fn disklabel_scan
61function returns 0 if a valid disklabel was found and 1 if not.
62.Sh HISTORY
63The
64.Nm
65function call appeared in
66.Nx 1.7 .
67