GETVFSBYNAME(3) BSD Programmer's Manual GETVFSBYNAME(3)NAMEgetvfsbyname - get information about a filesystem
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>
int
getvfsbyname(const char *name, struct vfsconf *vfc);
DESCRIPTION
The getvfsbyname() function provides access to information about a
filesystem module that is configured in the kernel. If successful, the
requested filesystem vfsconf is returned in the location pointed to by
vfc. The fields in a ``struct vfsconf'' are defined as follows:
vfc_name the name of the filesystem
vfc_typenum the filesystem type number assigned by the kernel
vfc_refcount the number of active mount points using the filesystem
vfc_flags flag bits that are used to initialize a new mount point us-
ing the filesystem
RETURN VALUES
If the call to getvfsbyname is successful, 0 is returned. Otherwise -1
is returned and errno is set appropriately.
ERRORS
The following errors may be reported:
[EFAULT] The vfc pointer contains an invalid address.
[ENOENT] The name specifies a filesystem that is unknown or not con-
figured in the kernel.
SEE ALSOmount(2), sysctl(3), mount(8), sysctl(8)HISTORY
A variant of the getvfsbyname() function first appeared in FreeBSD 2.0.
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