GETMAXPARTITIONS(3) Library Functions Manual GETMAXPARTITIONS(3)

getmaxpartitions
get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk

System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)

#include <util.h>

int
getmaxpartitions(void);

getmaxpartitions() returns the number of partitions that are allowed per disk on the system, or -1 in case of an error, setting the global errno variable. The possible values for errno are the same as in sysctl(3).

getrawpartition(3), sysctl(3)

The getmaxpartitions() function call appeared in NetBSD 1.2.
May 4, 2010 NetBSD 9.0