$NetBSD: getmaxpartitions.3,v 1.10 2010/05/04 06:41:27 jruoho Exp $
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.Dd May 4, 2010 .Dt GETMAXPARTITIONS 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm getmaxpartitions .Nd get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libutil .Sh SYNOPSIS n util.h .Ft int .Fn getmaxpartitions void .Sh DESCRIPTION .Fn getmaxpartitions returns the number of partitions that are allowed per disk on the system, or -1 in case of an error, setting the global .Va errno variable. The possible values for .Va errno are the same as in .Xr sysctl 3 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr getrawpartition 3 , .Xr sysctl 3 .Sh HISTORY The .Fn getmaxpartitions function call appeared in .Nx 1.2 .
Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
All rights reserved.
This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
by Jason R. Thorpe.
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ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.Dd May 4, 2010 .Dt GETMAXPARTITIONS 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm getmaxpartitions .Nd get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libutil .Sh SYNOPSIS n util.h .Ft int .Fn getmaxpartitions void .Sh DESCRIPTION .Fn getmaxpartitions returns the number of partitions that are allowed per disk on the system, or -1 in case of an error, setting the global .Va errno variable. The possible values for .Va errno are the same as in .Xr sysctl 3 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr getrawpartition 3 , .Xr sysctl 3 .Sh HISTORY The .Fn getmaxpartitions function call appeared in .Nx 1.2 .
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