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320014b4c0SPeter Wemm.\"     @(#)devname.3	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
336b288cfaSBruce Evans.\"     $Id: devname.3,v 1.5 1999/07/20 20:48:40 nik Exp $
3458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\"
350014b4c0SPeter Wemm.Dd April 29, 1995
3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt DEVNAME 3
3758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4.4
3858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
3958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm devname
4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd get device name
4158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
4258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
4358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft char *
4458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn devname "dev_t dev" "mode_t type"
4558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
4658f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn devname
4858f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction returns a pointer to the name of the block or character
4958f0484fSRodney W. Grimesdevice in
5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dq Pa /dev
5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimeswith a device number of
5258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa dev ,
5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimesand a file type matching the one encoded in
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa type
5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimeswhich must be one of S_IFBLK or S_IFCHR.
5658f0484fSRodney W. GrimesIf no device matches the specified values, or no information is
576b288cfaSBruce Evansavailable, NULL is returned.
586b288cfaSBruce Evans.Pp
596b288cfaSBruce EvansThe traditional display for applications when no device is
606b288cfaSBruce Evansfound is the string
616b288cfaSBruce Evans.Dq ?? .
6258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
6358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr stat 2 ,
6458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr dev_mkdb 8
6558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
6658f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
67bf5a138eSMike Pritchard.Fn devname
6858f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction call appeared in
6958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.4 .
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