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35 .Nd open a disk partition
42 .Fa "const char *path"
52 for reading and/or writing as specified by the argument
56 and the file descriptor is returned to the caller.
58 is used to store the resultant filename.
60 is the size, in bytes, of the array referenced by
66 controls which paths in
71 attempts to open the following variations of
74 .Bl -tag -width "/dev/rpathX"
76 The pathname as given.
83 represents the raw partition of the device, as determined by
84 .Xr getrawpartition 3 ,
94 the following variations are attempted:
96 .Bl -dash -offset indent
102 .Bl -tag -width "/dev/rpathX"
107 .It Pa /dev/rpath Ns Em X
119 .Bl -tag -width "/dev/rpathX"
124 .It Pa /dev/path Ns Em X
134 An open file descriptor, or -1 if the
141 to one of the following values:
148 .Xr getrawpartition 3
149 didn't return a valid partition.
162 to any value specified by the
167 .Xr getrawpartition 3
171 function first appeared in