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+/*
+ * getsize.c --- get the size of a partition.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1995, 1995 Theodore Ts'o.
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * %Begin-Header%
+ * This file may be redistributed under the terms of the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License.
+ * %End-Header%
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include "blkidP.h"
+
+/**
+ * blkid_get_dev_size:
+ * @fd: file descriptor
+ *
+ * Returns: size (in bytes) of the block device or size of the regular file or 0.
+ */
+blkid_loff_t blkid_get_dev_size(int fd)
+{
+	unsigned long long bytes;
+
+	if (blkdev_get_size(fd, &bytes))
+		return 0;
+
+	return bytes;
+}
+