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.\" $NetBSD: getrawpartition.3,v 1.10 2008/04/30 13:10:52 martin Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Jason R. Thorpe.
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.Dd May 24, 2006
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.Dt GETRAWPARTITION 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getrawpartition
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.Nd get the system
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.Dq raw
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partition
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libutil
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In util.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn getrawpartition void
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Fn getrawpartition
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returns the partition number (
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.Sq a
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== 0,
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.Sq b
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== 1, ...) of the
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.Dq raw
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partition of the system's disks,
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or \-1 in case of an error, setting the global
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.Va errno
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variable.
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The possible values for
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.Va errno
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are the same as in
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.Xr sysctl 3 .
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The
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.Dq raw
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partition is defined as the partition which provides access to the entire
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disk, regardless of the disk's partition map.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getmaxpartitions 3 ,
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.Xr sysctl 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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function call appeared in
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.Nx 1.2 .
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