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

NAME
     getfh - get file handle



SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.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.

     [ENAMETOOLONG]
                   The length of a component of path exceeds {NAME_MAX} char-
                   acters, or the length of path exceeds {PATH_MAX} charac-
                   ters.

     [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.

OpenBSD 2.6                      June 9, 1993                                1