Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 12:23:34 -0400 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Lyndon Nerenberg VE7TCP <lyndon@orthanc.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: getbootfile() Message-ID: <9510091623.AA08502@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199510080229.TAA20131@multivac.orthanc.com> References: <199510080229.TAA20131@multivac.orthanc.com>
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<<On Sat, 07 Oct 1995 19:29:35 -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg VE7TCP <lyndon@orthanc.com> said: > FreeBSD I can't see how it would be generally useful. Not having > copies of the relevent POSIX standards at hand I'm curious as to > how this information can be obtained portably (if at all). POSIX does not make any guarantees that there even is such a thing as a file that has the kernel in it. POSIX doesn't even guarantee that there is a `kernel' at all. > Is this > routine being standardized at all? No. Any code that attempts to play around with the kernel's namelist is by definiton unportable. If anybody else wants to follow my lead, they are welcome to do so. > It seems that sysctl(3) is a > more logical place for this information to be obtained. You are certainly welcome to retrieve the kern.bootfile MIB varaible if you so desire. You will probably find that only FreeBSD supports this as well. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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