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 standard disk partition tables. All information is obtained from the
disktab(5) file.
HISTORY
The
getdiskbyname() function appeared in
4.3BSD.