NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     devname -- get device name

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/stat.h>
     #include <stdlib.h>

     char *
     devname(dev_t dev, mode_t type);

     char *
     devname_r(dev_t dev, mode_t type, char *buf, int len);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The devname() function returns a pointer to the name of the block or
     character device in /dev with a device number of dev, and a file type
     matching the one encoded in type which must be one of S_IFBLK or S_IFCHR.
     To find the right name, devname() asks the kernel via the kern.devname
     sysctl.  If it is unable to come up with a suitable name, it will format
     the information encapsulated in dev and type in a human-readable format.

     devname() returns the name stored in a static buffer which will be overwritten
 on subsequent calls.  devname_r() takes a buffer and length as
     argument to avoid this problem.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     stat(2)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The devname() function appeared in 4.4BSD.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			 July 18, 1999			 FreeBSD 5.2.1