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.\" $NetBSD: getmaxpartitions.3,v 1.10 2010/05/04 06:41:27 jruoho Exp $
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.Dd May 4, 2010
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.Dt GETMAXPARTITIONS 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getmaxpartitions
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.Nd get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk
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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 getmaxpartitions void
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Fn getmaxpartitions
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returns the number of partitions that are allowed per disk on the
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system, 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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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getrawpartition 3 ,
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.Xr sysctl 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn getmaxpartitions
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function call appeared in
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.Nx 1.2 .
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