GETMAXPARTITIONS(3)
Library Functions Manual
GETMAXPARTITIONS(3)
NAME
getmaxpartitions
—
get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk
LIBRARY
System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)
SYNOPSIS
#include <
util.h
>
int
getmaxpartitions
(
void
);
DESCRIPTION
getmaxpartitions
() returns the number of partitions that are allowed per disk on the system, or -1 in case of an error, setting the global
errno
variable. The possible values for
errno
are the same as in
sysctl(3)
.
SEE ALSO
getrawpartition(3)
,
sysctl(3)
HISTORY
The
getmaxpartitions
() function call appeared in
NetBSD 1.2
.
May 4, 2010
NetBSD 5.99