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 super-user and is used by an NFS server's nfsd(8) daemon to obtain file handles used in NFS MOUNT service replies.
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} characters, or the length of path exceeds {PATH_MAX} characters.
- [ENOENT]
-
The file referred to by path does not exist.
- [EPERM]
-
The caller is not the super-user.
- [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.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The getfh() function first appeared in 4.4BSD.