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@(#)getdiskbyname.3 6.2 (Berkeley) 05/12/86

C 5 getdiskbyname - get disk description by its name

 #include <disktab.h> 

 struct disktab *  getdiskbyname(name)  char *name; 

Getdiskbyname takes a disk name (e.g. rm03) and returns a structure describing its geometry information and the standard disk partition tables. All information obtained from the disktab (5) file.

< disktab.h > has the following form:

.so  /usr/include/disktab.h
 "SEE ALSO"
disktab(5)
 BUGS
This information should be obtained from the system for
locally available disks (in particular, the disk partition
tables).