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getbsize(3)

NAME

     getbsize -- get user block size

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <stdlib.h>

     char *
     getbsize(int *headerlenp, long *blocksizep);

DESCRIPTION

     The getbsize() function determines the user's preferred block size based
     on the value of the ``BLOCKSIZE'' environment variable; see environ(7)
     for details on its use and format.

     The getbsize() function returns a pointer to a null-terminated string
     describing the block size, something like ``1K-blocks''.  The memory ref-
     erenced by headerlenp is filled in with the length of the string (not
     including the terminating null).  The memory referenced by blocksizep is
     filled in with block size, in bytes.

     If the user's block size is unreasonable, a warning message is written to
     standard error and the returned information reflects a block size of 512
     bytes.

SEE ALSO

     df(1), du(1), ls(1), systat(1), environ(7)

HISTORY

     The getbsize() function first appeared in 4.4BSD.

FreeBSD 5.4			 June 4, 1993			   FreeBSD 5.4

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