GETLABELSECTOR(3) NetBSD 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

sysctl(3), disklabel(5)

HISTORY

The getlabelsector() and getlabeloffset() functions appeared in NetBSD 2.0.
December 11, 2002 NetBSD 5.99