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getfh

getfh(2)							System Calls Manual							  getfh(2)

NAME

       getfh() - return file handle for file on remote node

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       The system call returns a file handle in the pointed to by fhp for the file pointed to by path.	This information is used to perform an NFS
       mount for a remote node.  is executed on the remote node; results are passed back to the program doing the NFS mount.   The  caller  should
       never examine the file handle contents.	The file handle only identifies a file to the node that produced the file handle.  (The term "file
       handle" refers to an NFS concept.)

       The effective user ID of the calling process must be superuser.

RETURN VALUE

       returns the following values:

	      Successful completion.
	      Failure.
		     is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       If fails, is set to one of the following values.

	      [EINVAL]	     Invalid argument, or the file or directory has not been exported by (see exportfs(1M)).

	      [ENOENT]	     File or directory specified by path does not exist.

	      [EPERM]	     The effective user ID is not superuser.

	      [EREMOTE]      The file or directory specified by path is a remote file or directory.

WARNINGS

       This call should be used only by HP-supplied commands and is not recommended for use by non-HP-supplied programs.

AUTHOR

       was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SEE ALSO

       exportfs(1M), mount(1M), vfsmount(2).

																	  getfh(2)