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+.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" @(#)getfh.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 9, 1993
+.Dt GETFH 2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm getfh
+.Nd get file handle
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
+.Fd #include <sys/mount.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn getfh "char *path" "fhandle_t *fhp"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn Getfh
+returns a file handle for the specified file or directory
+in the file handle pointed to by
+.Fa fhp .
+This system call is restricted to the superuser.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
+Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable
+.Va errno
+is set to indicate the error.
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn Getfh
+fails if one or more of the following are true:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq ENOTDIR
+A component of the path prefix of
+.Fa path
+is not a directory.
+.It Bq EINVAL
+.Fa path
+contains a character with the high-order bit set.
+.It Bq ENAMETOOLONG
+The length of a component of
+.Fa path
+exceeds 255 characters,
+or the length of
+.Fa path
+exceeds 1023 characters.
+.It Bq ENOENT
+The file referred to by
+.Fa path
+does not exist.
+.It Bq EACCES
+Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix of
+.Fa path .
+.It Bq ELOOP
+Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating
+.Fa path .
+.It Bq EFAULT
+.Fa Fhp
+points to an invalid address.
+.It Bq EIO
+An
+.Tn I/O
+error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
+.El
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm getfh
+function
+first appeared in 4.4BSD.
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