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31.Dd $Mdocdate: January 12 2018 $
32.Dt GETRAWPARTITION 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm getrawpartition
36.Nd get the system raw partition
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In util.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn getrawpartition void
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42.Fn getrawpartition
43returns the partition number
44.Pf ( Sq a
45== 0,
46.Sq b
47== 1, ...) of the
48.Dq raw
49partition of the system's disks.
50The
51.Dq raw
52partition is defined as the partition which provides access to the entire
53disk, regardless of the disk's partition map.
54.Sh SEE ALSO
55.Xr getmaxpartitions 3 ,
56.Xr sysctl 2
57.Sh HISTORY
58The
59.Nm
60function call appeared in
61.Nx 1.2 .
62