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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     getrawpartition - get the system ``raw'' partition

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <util.h>

     int
     getrawpartition(void);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     getrawpartition() returns the partition number  (`a'  ==  0,
`b' == 1, ...)
     of the ``raw'' partition of the system's disks.  The ``raw''
partition is
     defined as the partition which provides access to the entire
disk, regardless
 of the disk's partition map.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     getmaxpartitions(3), sysctl(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The getrawpartition function call appeared in NetBSD 1.2.

OpenBSD      3.6                           May      15,      1996