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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.

NetBSD 11.99                      May 4, 2010                     NetBSD 11.99