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.Dd July 27, 2017
.Dt FSGETPATH 2
.Os Darwin
.Sh NAME
.Nm fsgetpath
.Nd get the path associated with filesystem node identifier (inode number/link id/object id)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/attr.h>
.Fd #include <sys/fsgetpath.h>
.Pp
.Ft ssize_t
.Fn fsgetpath  "char * restrict_buf" "size_t buflen" "fsid_t * fsid" "uint64_t obj_id"
.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn fsgetpath
function  returns the path in a caller provided buffer
.Fa restrict_buf
of length indicated by
.Fa buflen
associated with a filesystem object identified by
.Fa fsid
and
.Fa obj_id.
.Fa fsid
is a pointer to a structure which identifies a filesystem to which the object belongs.
It is obtained by the value returned for ATTR_CMN_FSID in a previous call to
.Xr getattrlist 2
or the
.Fa f_fsid
field of the
.Vt statfs
structure returned by
.Xr statfs 2 .
.Fa obj_id
can be any one of of a object identifier i.e. ATTR_CMN_FILEID returned by
.Xr getattrlist 2
or
.Fa st_ino
field of the
.Vt stat
structure returned by
.Xr stat 2
or a link id returned in ATTR_CMNEXT_LINKID by a previous call to
.Xr getattrlist 2 .
Using a linkid will result in a more accurate path in case the filesystem object is a
hard link. If a inode number is passed and the object is a hard link, any one of the
multiple paths to that filesystem object may be returned.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion,
.Fn fsgetpath
returns the path length. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
.Pp
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
Not all volumes support
.Fn fsgetpath .
A volume can be tested for
.Fn fsgetpath
support by using
.Xr getattrlist 2
to get the volume capabilities attribute ATTR_VOL_CAPABILITIES, and then testing the VOL_CAP_FMT_PATH_FROM_ID flag.
.Pp
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn fsgetpath
function will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.
.It Bq Er EACCES
Read permissions are denied on any component of the pathname.
.
.It Bq Er ENOTSUP
The underlying filesystem does not support this call.
.
.It Bq Er EINVAL
.Fa buflen
is larger than PAGE_SIZE
.
.It Bq Er EIO
An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system.
.
.It Bq Er EPERM
The calling process does not have appropriate privileges.
.
.It Bq Er ENOENT
The Filesystem object does not exist.
.
.It Bq Er EFAULT
restrict_buf points to memory not valid in the callers address space.
.
.It Bq Er ENOSPC
restrict_buf is not large enough to hold the path.
.
.El
.
.Pp
.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.
.Xr getattrlist 2
.Xr statfs 2
.Xr stat 2
.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn fsgetpath
function call appeared in macOS version 10.13
.