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119 lines
3.3 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: getdevmajor.3,v 1.3 2004/12/16 17:29:55 wiz Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Andrew Brown.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.Dd December 15, 2004
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.Dt GETDEVMAJOR 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getdevmajor
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.Nd get block or character device major number
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In stdlib.h
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.In sys/stat.h
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.Ft dev_t
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.Fn getdevmajor "const char *name" "mode_t type"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn getdevmajor
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function returns the major device number of the block or character
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device specified by
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.Ar name
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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
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.Dv S_IFBLK
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or
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.Dv S_IFCHR .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If no device matches the specified values, no information is
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available, or an error occurs,
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.Dv (dev_t)~0
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is returned and
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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To retrieve the major number for
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.Xr pty 4
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slave devices (aka pts devices):
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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#include \*[Lt]stdlib.h\*[Gt]
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#include \*[Lt]sys/stat.h\*[Gt]
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.sp
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dev_t pts;
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pts = getdevmajor("pts", S_IFCHR);
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.Ed
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.Pp
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To retrieve the major numbers for the block and character
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.Xr wd 4
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devices:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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#include \*[Lt]stdlib.h\*[Gt]
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#include \*[Lt]sys/stat.h\*[Gt]
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.sp
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dev_t c, b;
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c = getdevmajor("wd", S_IFCHR);
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b = getdevmajor("wd", S_IFBLK);
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.Ed
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn getdevmajor
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function may fail and set
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.Va errno
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for any of the errors specified for the library functions
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.Xr malloc 3
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and
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.Xr sysctlbyname 3 .
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In addition, the following errors may be reported:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The value of the
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.Fa major
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argument is not
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.Dv S_IFCHR
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or
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.Dv S_IFBLK .
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.It Bq Er ENOENT
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The named device is not found.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr stat 2 ,
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.Xr devname 3 ,
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.Xr malloc 3 ,
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.Xr sysctlbyname 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn getdevmajor
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function call appeared in
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.Nx 3.0 .
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