GETDISKBYNAME(3) BSD Library Functions Manual GETDISKBYNAME(3)NAMEgetdiskbyname — get generic disk description by its name
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/disklabel32.h>
#include <disktab.h>
struct disklabel32 *
getdiskbyname(const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
The getdiskbyname() function takes a disk name (e.g. ‘rm03’) and returns
a prototype disk label describing its geometry information and the stan‐
dard disk partition tables. All information is obtained from the
disktab(5) file.
SEE ALSOdisklabel(5), disktab(5), disklabel(8)HISTORY
The getdiskbyname() function appeared in 4.3BSD.
BSD June 4, 1993 BSD