getfh2
Get file handle
Usage
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>
int
getfh(const char *path, fhandle_t *fhp);
Overview
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]
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A component of the path prefix of path is not a directory.
- [ENAMETOOLONG]
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The length of a component of path exceeds {NAME_MAX} characters, or the length of path exceeds {PATH_MAX} characters.
- [ENOENT]
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The file referred to by path does not exist.
- [EPERM]
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The caller is not the super-user.
- [EACCES]
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Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix of path.
- [ELOOP]
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Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating path.
- [EFAULT]
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Fhp points to an invalid address.
- [EIO]
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An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
Releases
155 releases since Mac OS X 10.0; the text changed 2 times.