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.