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Stop calling system calls "function calls". Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility". When referring to a non-BSD implementation in the HISTORY section, call syscall a function, to be safe.
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3.0 KiB
Groff
98 lines
3.0 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
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.\" @(#)getfh.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 9, 1993
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.Dt GETFH 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getfh
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.Nd get file handle
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/param.h
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.In sys/mount.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn getfh "const char *path" "fhandle_t *fhp"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn getfh
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system call
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returns a file handle for the specified file or directory
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in the file handle pointed to by
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.Fa fhp .
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This system call is restricted to the superuser.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Rv -std getfh
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn getfh
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system call
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fails if one or more of the following are true:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
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A component of the path prefix of
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.Fa path
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is not a directory.
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.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
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The length of a component of
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.Fa path
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exceeds 255 characters,
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or the length of
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.Fa path
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exceeds 1023 characters.
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.It Bq Er ENOENT
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The file referred to by
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.Fa path
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does not exist.
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.It Bq Er EACCES
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Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix of
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.Fa path .
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.It Bq Er ELOOP
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Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating
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.Fa path .
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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.Fa Fhp
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points to an invalid address.
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.It Bq Er EIO
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An
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.Tn I/O
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error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
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.El
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn getfh
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system call first appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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