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27.Dd September 25, 1999
28.Os
29.Dt DEVTONAME 9
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm devtoname
32.Nd "converts dev_t data into a string indicating the device name"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In sys/param.h
35.In sys/conf.h
36.Ft const char *
37.Fn devtoname "dev_t dev"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Fn devtoname
41function returns a pointer to the name of the device passed to it.  The name
42is whatever was set to it in
43.Fn make_dev .
44If no name is associated with
45.Va dev ,
46a pointer to a string consisting of a
47.Dq #
48followed by
49.Dq Va major Ns / Ns Va minor
50as it applies to
51.Va dev
52is returned.
53.Sh HISTORY
54The
55.Fn devtoname
56interface first appeared in
57.Fx 4.0
58