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.\" $OpenBSD: getrawpartition.3,v 1.4 2000/03/06 21:46:56 aaron Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: getrawpartition.3,v 1.1 1996/05/16 07:03:32 thorpej Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" by Jason R. Thorpe.
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.Dd May 15, 1996
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.Dt GETRAWPARTITION 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getrawpartition
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.Nd get the system
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.Dq raw
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partition
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <util.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn getrawpartition void
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Fn getrawpartition
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returns the partition number
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.Pf ( Sq a
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== 0,
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.Sq b
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== 1, ...) of the
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.Dq raw
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partition of the system's disks.
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The
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.Dq raw
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partition is defined as the partition which provides access to the entire
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disk, regardless of the disk's partition map.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getmaxpartitions 3 ,
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.Xr sysctl 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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function call appeared in
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.Nx 1.2 .
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