| getbootfile.3 (108030) | getbootfile.3 (131504) |
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| 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/gen/getbootfile.3 108030 2002-12-18 10:13:54Z ru $ | 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/gen/getbootfile.3 131504 2004-07-02 23:52:20Z ru $ |
| 34.\" 35.Dd September 23, 1994 36.Dt GETBOOTFILE 3 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm getbootfile 40.Nd get kernel boot file name 41.Sh LIBRARY --- 7 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 49.Fn getbootfile 50function retrieves the full pathname of the file from which the 51current kernel was loaded, and returns a static pointer to the name. 52A read/write interface to this information is available via the 53.Xr sysctl 3 54MIB variable 55.Dq Li kern.bootfile . 56.Sh RETURN VALUES | 34.\" 35.Dd September 23, 1994 36.Dt GETBOOTFILE 3 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm getbootfile 40.Nd get kernel boot file name 41.Sh LIBRARY --- 7 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 49.Fn getbootfile 50function retrieves the full pathname of the file from which the 51current kernel was loaded, and returns a static pointer to the name. 52A read/write interface to this information is available via the 53.Xr sysctl 3 54MIB variable 55.Dq Li kern.bootfile . 56.Sh RETURN VALUES |
| 57If the call succeeds a string giving the pathname is returned. If it | 57If the call succeeds a string giving the pathname is returned. 58If it |
| 58fails, a null pointer is returned and an error code is 59placed in the global location 60.Va errno . 61.Sh SEE ALSO 62.Xr sysctl 3 63.Sh BUGS 64If the boot blocks have not been modified to pass this information into 65the kernel at boot time, the static string 66.Dq Pa /boot/kernel/kernel 67is returned instead of the real boot file. 68.Sh HISTORY 69The 70.Fn getbootfile 71function appeared in 72.Fx 2.0 . | 59fails, a null pointer is returned and an error code is 60placed in the global location 61.Va errno . 62.Sh SEE ALSO 63.Xr sysctl 3 64.Sh BUGS 65If the boot blocks have not been modified to pass this information into 66the kernel at boot time, the static string 67.Dq Pa /boot/kernel/kernel 68is returned instead of the real boot file. 69.Sh HISTORY 70The 71.Fn getbootfile 72function appeared in 73.Fx 2.0 . |