April 6, 2001 GETBOOTFILE 3

### NAME

getbootfile - get the name of the booted kernel file

### LIBRARY

System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)

### SYNOPSIS

```const` `char``*` getbootfile(```void`)

### DESCRIPTION

getbootfile(``) returns a static pointer to the full path name of the file from which the current kernel was loaded. If it can not be determined, or the file is not ``secure'' (see secure_path(3)), ```_PATH_UNIX` from <```paths.h`> is returned instead.

### SEE ALSO

secure_path(3), sysctl(3)

### HISTORY

The getbootfile function call appeared in FreeBSD2.0 and NetBSD1.6.