NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     getbsize - get user block size

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdlib.h>

     char *
     getbsize(int *headerlenp, long *blocksizep);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The getbsize()  function  determines  the  user's  preferred
block size based
     on the value of the BLOCKSIZE environment variable; see environ(7) for
     details on its use and format.

     The getbsize() function returns a pointer to  a  null-terminated string describing
  the  block  size, something like "1K-blocks".  The
memory referenced
 by headerlenp is filled in  with  the  length  of  the
string (not including
  the  terminating null byte).  The memory referenced
by blocksizep
     is filled in with the block size, in bytes.

     If the user's block size is unreasonable, a warning  message
is written to
     standard error and the returned information reflects a block
size of 512
     bytes.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     df(1), du(1), ls(1), systat(1), environ(7)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The getbsize function first appeared in 4.4BSD.

OpenBSD      3.6                           June      4,      1993