Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:45:27 -1000 (HST) From: Dave Cornejo <dave@dogwood.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Andrew <andrew.chace@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Coding question: finding the size of a block device Message-ID: <200606222145.k5MLjROJ010076@white.dogwood.com> In-Reply-To: <17563.3550.496244.953904@bhuda.mired.org>
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There are no block devices in FreeBSD, only character devices http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics-block.html dave c > In <1151008839.2360.30.camel@LatitudeFC5.network>, Andrew <andrew.chace@gmail.com> typed: > > So I guess my question is: is there a POSIX compatible function that > > will allow me to check the size of a given block device? > > I'd be surprised - POSIX doesn't seem to deal with block devices at all. > > Checking the sources to df, it uses statfs to get the > information. Linux appears to have it as well, so it may be portable. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html > Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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