GETLABELSECTOR(3) Library Functions Manual GETLABELSECTOR(3)
NAME
getlabelsector, getlabeloffsetget the sector number and offset of the disklabel
LIBRARY
System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)
SYNOPSIS
#include <util.h>
daddr_t
getlabelsector(void);
off_t
getlabeloffset(void);
DESCRIPTION
The getlabelsector() and getlabeloffset() functions return values which describe the exact on-disk location of the disklabel(5) on the current system, or -1 on error. These functions supersede the hardcoded LABELSECTOR and LABELOFFSET definitions previously used to derive the location of the disklabel(5).
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The getlabelsector() and getlabeloffset() functions appeared in NetBSD 2.0.