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GETFH(2)		    BSD Programmer's Manual		      GETFH(2)

NAME
     getfh - get file handle

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/mount.h>

     int
     getfh(const char *path, fhandle_t *fhp);

DESCRIPTION
     Getfh() returns a file handle for the specified file or directory in the
     file handle pointed to by fhp. This system call is restricted to the su-
     peruser.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, -1 is
     returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     Getfh() fails if one or more of the following are true:

     [ENOTDIR]	   A component of the path prefix of path is not a directory.

     [EINVAL]	   path contains a character with the high-order bit set.

     [ENAMETOOLONG]
		   The length of a component of path exceeds 255 characters,
		   or the length of path exceeds 1023 characters.

     [ENOENT]	   The file referred to by path does not exist.

     [EACCES]	   Search permission is denied for a component of the path
		   prefix of path.

     [ELOOP]	   Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating
		   path.

     [EFAULT]	   Fhp points to an invalid address.

     [EIO]	   An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the
		   file system.

HISTORY
     The getfh function first appeared in 4.4BSD.

BSDI BSD/OS			 June 9, 1993				     1
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