GETFH(2) MachTen Programmer’s Manual GETFH(2)

NAME
getfh - get file handle

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

int
getfh(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.

4.4BSD June 9, 1993 1