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32 .\" @(#)kvm_getvfsbyname.3 8.3 (Berkeley) 5/4/95
40 .Nd get information about a file system
47 .Fn getvfsbyname "const char *name" "struct xvfsconf *vfc"
51 function provides access to information about a
52 file system module that is configured in the kernel.
54 the requested file system
56 is returned in the location pointed to by
59 .Dq Li struct xvfsconf
60 are defined as follows:
62 .Bl -tag -compact -width vfc_refcount
64 the name of the file system
66 the file system type number assigned by the kernel
68 the number of active mount points using the file system
70 flag bits, as described below
73 The flags are defined as follows:
75 .Bl -tag -width VFCF_SYNTHETIC -compact
77 statically compiled into kernel
79 may get data over the network
81 writes are not implemented
83 data does not represent real files
85 aliases some other mounted FS
87 stores file names as Unicode
92 The following errors may be reported:
98 points to an invalid address.
103 specifies a file system that is unknown or not configured in the kernel.
113 function first appeared in