GETBOOTFILE(3)
Library Functions Manual
GETBOOTFILE(3)
NAME
getbootfile
—
get the name of the booted kernel file
LIBRARY
System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)
SYNOPSIS
#include <
util.h
>
const char *
getbootfile
(
void
);
DESCRIPTION
getbootfile
() returns a static pointer to the full path name of the file from which the current kernel was loaded. If it can not be determined, or the file is not ``secure'' (see
secure_path(3)
),
_PATH_UNIX
from
<
paths.h
>
is returned instead.
SEE ALSO
secure_path(3)
,
sysctl(3)
HISTORY
The
getbootfile
() function call appeared in
FreeBSD 2.0
and
NetBSD 1.6
.
May 4, 2010
NetBSD 5.99