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32*f14fb602SLionel Sambuc.Dd June 3, 2012
332fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt DEVNAME 3
342fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os
352fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME
362fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm devname
372fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd get device name
382fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY
392fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libc
402fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS
412fe8fb19SBen Gras.In stdlib.h
422fe8fb19SBen Gras.In sys/stat.h
432fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft char *
442fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn devname "dev_t dev" "mode_t type"
452fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION
462fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
472fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn devname
482fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction returns a pointer to the name of the block or character
492fe8fb19SBen Grasdevice in
502fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dq Pa /dev
512fe8fb19SBen Graswith a device number of
522fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa dev ,
532fe8fb19SBen Grasand a file type matching the one encoded in
542fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa type
552fe8fb19SBen Graswhich must be one of S_IFBLK or S_IFCHR.
562fe8fb19SBen GrasIf no device matches the specified values, or no information is
572fe8fb19SBen Grasavailable,
582fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dv NULL
592fe8fb19SBen Grasis returned.
602fe8fb19SBen Gras.Pp
612fe8fb19SBen GrasThe traditional display for applications when no device is
622fe8fb19SBen Grasfound is the string
632fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dq ?? .
642fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh FILES
65*f14fb602SLionel Sambuc.Bl -tag -width /var/run/dev.cdb -compact
66*f14fb602SLionel Sambuc.It Pa /var/run/dev.cdb
672fe8fb19SBen GrasDevice database file.
682fe8fb19SBen Gras.El
692fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO
702fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr stat 2 ,
712fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr dev_mkdb 8
722fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh HISTORY
732fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
742fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm devname
752fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction call appeared in
762fe8fb19SBen Gras.Bx 4.4 .
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