NAME
getlabelsector,
getlabeloffset
- get the sector number and offset of the disklabel
LIBRARY
System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)
SYNOPSIS
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
NetBSD2.0.