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.\"   $OpenBSD: getmaxpartitions.3,v 1.8 2019/05/15 18:42:30 jmc Exp $
.\"	$NetBSD: getmaxpartitions.3,v 1.1 1996/05/16 07:03:30 thorpej Exp $
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.Dd $Mdocdate: May 15 2019 $
.Dt GETMAXPARTITIONS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm getmaxpartitions
.Nd get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In util.h
.Ft int
.Fn getmaxpartitions void
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn getmaxpartitions
returns the number of partitions that are allowed per disk on the
system.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sysctl 2 ,
.Xr getrawpartition 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
function call appeared in
.Nx 1.2 .