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.\" $NetBSD: devname.3,v 1.5 1998/02/05 18:46:05 perry Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)devname.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
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.\"
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.Dd April 29, 1995
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.Dt DEVNAME 3
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.Os BSD 4.4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm devname
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.Nd get device name
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/stat.h>
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.Ft char *
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.Fn devname "dev_t dev" "mode_t type"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn devname
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function returns a pointer to the name of the block or character
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device in
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.Dq Pa /dev
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with a device number of
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.Fa dev ,
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and a file type matching the one encoded in
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.Fa type
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which must be one of S_IFBLK or S_IFCHR.
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If no device matches the specified values, or no information is
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available, NULL is returned.
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.Pp
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The traditional display for applications when no device is
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found is the string
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.Dq ?? .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr stat 2 ,
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.Xr dev_mkdb 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm devname
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function call appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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