GETLABELSECTOR(3) NetBSD Library Functions Manual GETLABELSECTOR(3)
NAME
getlabelsector, getlabeloffset -- get 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 supercede 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.
NetBSD 5.0 December 11, 2002 NetBSD 5.0