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.\" Created Wed Aug 9 1995 Thomas K. Dyas <tdyas@eden.rutgers.edu>
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.TH SYSFS 2 2021-03-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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sysfs \- get filesystem type information
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.BI "int sysfs(int " option ", const char *" fsname );
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.BI "int sysfs(int " option ", unsigned int " fs_index ", char *" buf );
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.BI "int sysfs(int " option );
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR "Note" :
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if you are looking for information about the
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.B sysfs
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filesystem that is normally mounted at
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.IR /sys ,
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see
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.BR sysfs (5).
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.PP
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The (obsolete)
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.BR sysfs ()
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system call returns information about the filesystem types
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currently present in the kernel.
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The specific form of the
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.BR sysfs ()
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call and the information returned depends on the
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.I option
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in effect:
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.TP 3
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.B 1
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Translate the filesystem identifier string
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.I fsname
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into a filesystem type index.
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.TP
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.B 2
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Translate the filesystem type index
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.I fs_index
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into a null-terminated filesystem identifier string.
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This string will
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be written to the buffer pointed to by
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.IR buf .
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Make sure that
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.I buf
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has enough space to accept the string.
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.TP
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.B 3
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Return the total number of filesystem types currently present in the
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kernel.
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.PP
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The numbering of the filesystem type indexes begins with zero.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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On success,
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.BR sysfs ()
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returns the filesystem index for option
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.BR 1 ,
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zero for option
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.BR 2 ,
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and the number of currently configured filesystems for option
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.BR 3 .
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On error, \-1 is returned, and
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.I errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.SH ERRORS
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.TP
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.B EFAULT
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.RI "Either " fsname " or " buf
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is outside your accessible address space.
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.TP
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.B EINVAL
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.I fsname
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is not a valid filesystem type identifier;
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.I fs_index
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is out-of-bounds;
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.I option
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is invalid.
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.SH CONFORMING TO
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SVr4.
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.SH NOTES
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This System-V derived system call is obsolete; don't use it.
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On systems with
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.IR /proc ,
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the same information can be obtained via
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.IR /proc ;
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use that interface instead.
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.SH BUGS
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There is no libc or glibc support.
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There is no way to guess how large \fIbuf\fP should be.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR proc (5),
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.BR sysfs (5)
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