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25.Dd February 10, 2012
26.Dt DEVTONAME 9
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm devtoname
30.Nd "converts character device into a string indicating the device name"
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32.In sys/param.h
33.In sys/conf.h
34.Ft const char *
35.Fn devtoname "struct cdev *dev"
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Fn devtoname
39function returns a pointer to the name of the device passed to it.
40The name is whatever was set to it in
41.Fn make_dev .
42.Sh HISTORY
43The
44.Fn devtoname
45interface first appeared in
46.Fx 4.0
47