NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     vcount - get total number of references to a device

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/time.h>
     #include <sys/conf.h>
     #include <sys/vnode.h>

     int
     vcount(struct vnode *vp);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     vcount() is used to get the number of references to  a  particular device.
     It  allows  for  the fact that multiple vnodes may reference
the same device.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     vcount() returns the number of references to the device.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     vnode(9)

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     This man page was originally written by Andrew Stevenson for
FreeBSD.

OpenBSD      3.6                         February     6,     2001