GETRAWPARTITION(3) Library Functions Manual GETRAWPARTITION(3)

getrawpartitionget the system raw partition

System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)
#include <util.h>

int
getrawpartition(void);

() returns the partition number (‘a’ == 0, ‘b’ == 1, ...) of the “raw” partition of the system's disks. The “raw” partition is defined as the partition which provides access to the entire disk, regardless of the disk's partition map.

sysctl(2), getmaxpartitions(3)

The getrawpartition function call appeared in NetBSD 1.2.

June 6, 2025 Debian