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32.\"     @(#)devname.3	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
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35.Dd April 29, 1995
36.Dt DEVNAME 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm devname
40.Nd get device name
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/stat.h
45.In stdlib.h
46.Ft char *
47.Fn devname "dev_t dev" "mode_t type"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Fn devname
51function returns a pointer to the name of the block or character
52device in
53.Dq Pa /dev
54with a device number of
55.Fa dev ,
56and a file type matching the one encoded in
57.Fa type
58which must be one of S_IFBLK or S_IFCHR.
59If no device matches the specified values, or no information is
60available, NULL is returned.
61.Pp
62The traditional display for applications when no device is
63found is the string
64.Dq ?? .
65.Sh SEE ALSO
66.Xr stat 2 ,
67.Xr dev_mkdb 8
68.Sh HISTORY
69The
70.Fn devname
71function call appeared in
72.Bx 4.4 .
73