getdiskbyname

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GETDISKBYNAME(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual GETDISKBYNAME(3)

NAME
getdiskbyname -- get generic disk description by its name

LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/disklabel.h>

struct disklabel *
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 ALSO
disklabel(5), disktab(5), disklabel(8)

HISTORY
The getdiskbyname() function appeared in 4.3BSD.

FreeBSD 6.2 June 4, 1993 FreeBSD 6.2

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