1.\" $NetBSD: getrawpartition.3,v 1.6 2002/02/07 07:00:52 ross Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Jason R. Thorpe. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 18.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 19.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD 20.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors. 21.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its 22.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 23.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. 24.\" 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 26.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 27.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 28.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 29.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 30.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 31.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 32.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 33.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 34.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 35.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.Dd May 15, 1996 38.Dt GETRAWPARTITION 3 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm getrawpartition 42.Nd get the system 43.Dq raw 44partition 45.Sh LIBRARY 46.Lb libutil 47.Sh SYNOPSIS 48.Fd #include \*[Lt]util.h\*[Gt] 49.Ft int 50.Fn getrawpartition void 51.Sh DESCRIPTION 52.Fn getrawpartition 53returns the partition number ( 54.Sq a 55== 0, 56.Sq b 57== 1, ...) of the 58.Dq raw 59partition of the system's disks. 60The 61.Dq raw 62partition is defined as the partition which provides access to the entire 63disk, regardless of the disk's partition map. 64.Sh SEE ALSO 65.Xr getmaxpartitions 3 , 66.Xr sysctl 3 67.Sh HISTORY 68The 69.Nm 70function call appeared in 71.Nx 1.2 . 72