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).
HISTORY
The getmaxpartitions() function call appeared in NetBSD 1.2.