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32.\"     @(#)devname.3	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
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34.Dd April 29, 1995
35.Dt DEVNAME 3
36.Os BSD 4.4
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm devname
39.Nd get device name
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
42.Ft char *
43.Fn devname "dev_t dev" "mode_t type"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Fn devname
47function returns a pointer to the name of the block or character
48device in
49.Dq Pa /dev
50with a device number of
51.Fa dev ,
52and a file type matching the one encoded in
53.Fa type
54which must be one of S_IFBLK or S_IFCHR.
55If no device matches the specified values, or no information is
56available, NULL is returned.
57.Pp
58The traditional display for applications when no device is
59found is the string
60.Dq ?? .
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr stat 2 ,
63.Xr dev_mkdb 8
64.Sh HISTORY
65The
66.Fn devname
67function call appeared in
68.Bx 4.4 .
69