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.Dd $Mdocdate: September 10 2015 $
.Dt GETRAWPARTITION 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm getrawpartition
.Nd get the system raw partition
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In util.h
.Ft int
.Fn getrawpartition void
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn getrawpartition
returns the partition number
.Pf ( Sq a
== 0,
.Sq b
== 1, ...) of the
.Dq raw
partition of the system's disks.
The
.Dq raw
partition is defined as the partition which provides access to the entire
disk, regardless of the disk's partition map.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getmaxpartitions 3 ,
.Xr sysctl 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
function call appeared in
.Nx 1.2 .