fdisk_assign_device ()

int
fdisk_assign_device (struct fdisk_context *cxt,
                     const char *fname,
                     int readonly);

Open the device, discovery topology, geometry, detect disklabel and switch the current label driver to reflect the probing result.

Note that this function resets all generic setting in context. If the cxt is nested context then the device is assigned to the parental context and necessary properties are copied to the cxt . The change is propagated in child->parent direction only. It's impossible to use a different device for primary and nested contexts.

fdisk_deassign_device ()

int
fdisk_deassign_device (struct fdisk_context *cxt,
                       int nosync);

Close device and call fsync(). If the cxt is nested context than the request is redirected to the parent.

fdisk_enable_bootbits_protection ()

int
fdisk_enable_bootbits_protection (struct fdisk_context *cxt,
                                  int enable);

The library zeroizes all the first sector when create a new disk label by default. This function allows to control this behavior. For now it's supported for MBR and GPT.

fdisk_enable_details ()

int
fdisk_enable_details (struct fdisk_context *cxt,
                      int enable);

Enables or disables "details" display mode. This function has effect to fdisk_partition_to_string() function.

fdisk_enable_listonly ()

int
fdisk_enable_listonly (struct fdisk_context *cxt,
                       int enable);

Just list partition only, don't care about another details, mistakes, ...

fdisk_enable_wipe ()

int
fdisk_enable_wipe (struct fdisk_context *cxt,
                   int enable);

The library removes all PT/filesystem/RAID signatures before it writes partition table. The probing area where it looks for signatures is from the begin of the disk. The device is wiped by libblkid.

See also fdisk_wipe_partition().

fdisk_get_alignment_offset ()

unsigned long
fdisk_get_alignment_offset (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

The alignment offset is offset between logical and physical sectors. For backward compatibility the first logical sector on 4K disks does no have to start on the same place like physical sectors.

fdisk_get_collision ()

const char *
fdisk_get_collision (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_devfd ()

int
fdisk_get_devfd (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_devname ()

const char *
fdisk_get_devname (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_first_lba ()

fdisk_sector_t
fdisk_get_first_lba (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_geom_cylinders ()

fdisk_sector_t
fdisk_get_geom_cylinders (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_geom_heads ()

unsigned int
fdisk_get_geom_heads (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_geom_sectors ()

fdisk_sector_t
fdisk_get_geom_sectors (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_grain_size ()

unsigned long
fdisk_get_grain_size (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_last_lba ()

fdisk_sector_t
fdisk_get_last_lba (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

Note that the device has to be already assigned.

fdisk_get_minimal_iosize ()

unsigned long
fdisk_get_minimal_iosize (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_nsectors ()

fdisk_sector_t
fdisk_get_nsectors (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_optimal_iosize ()

unsigned long
fdisk_get_optimal_iosize (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

The optimal I/O is optional and does not have to be provided by device, anyway libfdisk never returns zero. If the optimal I/O size is not provided then libfdisk returns minimal I/O size or sector size.

fdisk_get_parent ()

struct fdisk_context *
fdisk_get_parent (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_physector_size ()

unsigned long
fdisk_get_physector_size (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_sector_size ()

unsigned long
fdisk_get_sector_size (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_get_size_unit ()

int
fdisk_get_size_unit (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

Gets unit for SIZE output field (see fdisk_partition_to_string()).

fdisk_get_unit ()

const char *
fdisk_get_unit (struct fdisk_context *cxt,
                int n);

fdisk_get_units_per_sector ()

unsigned int
fdisk_get_units_per_sector (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

This is necessary only for brain dead situations when we use "cylinders";

fdisk_has_label ()

int
fdisk_has_label (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_has_protected_bootbits ()

int
fdisk_has_protected_bootbits (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_has_wipe ()

int
fdisk_has_wipe (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

Returns the current wipe setting. See fdisk_enable_wipe().

fdisk_is_details ()

int
fdisk_is_details (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_is_labeltype ()

int
fdisk_is_labeltype (struct fdisk_context *cxt,
                    enum fdisk_labeltype id);

See also fdisk_is_label() macro in libfdisk.h.

fdisk_is_listonly ()

int
fdisk_is_listonly (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_is_readonly ()

int
fdisk_is_readonly (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

fdisk_new_context ()

struct fdisk_context *
fdisk_new_context (void);

fdisk_new_nested_context ()

struct fdisk_context *
fdisk_new_nested_context (struct fdisk_context *parent,
                          const char *name);

Create a new nested fdisk context for nested disk labels (e.g. BSD or PMBR). The function also probes for the nested label on the device if device is already assigned to parent.

The new context is initialized according to parent and both context shares some settings and file descriptor to the device. The child propagate some changes (like fdisk_assign_device()) to parent, but it does not work vice-versa. The behavior is undefined if you assign another device to parent.

fdisk_ref_context ()

void
fdisk_ref_context (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

Increments reference counter.

fdisk_set_first_lba ()

fdisk_sector_t
fdisk_set_first_lba (struct fdisk_context *cxt,
                     fdisk_sector_t lba);

It's strongly recommended to use the default library setting. The first LBA is always reset by fdisk_assign_device(), fdisk_override_geometry() and fdisk_reset_alignment(). This is very low level function and library does not check if your setting makes any sense.

This function is necessary only when you want to work with very unusual partition tables like GPT protective MBR or hybrid partition tables on bootable media where the first partition may start on very crazy offsets.

fdisk_set_last_lba ()

fdisk_sector_t
fdisk_set_last_lba (struct fdisk_context *cxt,
                    fdisk_sector_t lba);

It's strongly recommended to use the default library setting. The last LBA is always reset by fdisk_assign_device(), fdisk_override_geometry() and fdisk_reset_alignment().

The default is number of sectors on the device, but maybe modified by the current disklabel driver (for example GPT uses the end of disk for backup header, so last_lba is smaller than total number of sectors).

fdisk_set_size_unit ()

int
fdisk_set_size_unit (struct fdisk_context *cxt,
                     int unit);

Sets unit for SIZE output field (see fdisk_partition_to_string()).

fdisk_set_unit ()

int
fdisk_set_unit (struct fdisk_context *cxt,
                const char *str);

This is pure shit, unfortunately for example Sun addresses begin of the partition by cylinders...

fdisk_unref_context ()

void
fdisk_unref_context (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

Deallocates context struct.

fdisk_use_cylinders ()

int
fdisk_use_cylinders (struct fdisk_context *cxt);

struct fdisk_context

struct fdisk_context;

Basic library handler.

FDISK_PLURAL

#define FDISK_PLURAL 0

FDISK_SINGULAR

#define FDISK_SINGULAR 1