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3258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\"     @(#)devname.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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3458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 4, 1993
3558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt DEVNAME 3
3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4.4
3758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
3858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm devname
3958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd get device name
4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
4158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
4258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft char *
4358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn devname "dev_t dev" "mode_t type"
4458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
4558f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
4658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn devname
4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction returns a pointer to the name of the block or character
4858f0484fSRodney W. Grimesdevice in
4958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dq Pa /dev
5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimeswith a device number of
5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa dev ,
5258f0484fSRodney W. Grimesand a file type matching the one encoded in
5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa type
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimeswhich must be one of S_IFBLK or S_IFCHR.
5558f0484fSRodney W. GrimesIf no device matches the specified values, or no information is
5658f0484fSRodney W. Grimesavailable, the string
5758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dq ??
5858f0484fSRodney W. Grimesis returned.
5958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
6058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr stat 2 ,
6158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr dev_mkdb 8
6258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
6358f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
64bf5a138eSMike Pritchard.Fn devname
6558f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction call appeared in
6658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.4 .
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