NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     getmaxpartitions - get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <util.h>

     int
     getmaxpartitions(void);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     getmaxpartitions() returns the number of partitions that are allowed per
     disk on the system.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     getrawpartition(3), sysctl(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The getmaxpartitions function call appeared in NetBSD 1.2.

BSD                              May 15, 1996                              BSD