1DEVNAME(3)                 Library Functions Manual                 DEVNAME(3)
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NAME

6       devname - get device name
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <sys/types.h>
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11       char *
12       devname(dev, type)
13           dev_t dev;
14           mode_t type;
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DESCRIPTION

17       The  devname  function  returns  a  pointer to the name of the block or
18       character device in /dev with a device number of dev , and a file  type
19       matching  the  one  encoded  in  type  which  must be one of S_IFBLK or
20       S_IFCHR.  If no device matches the specified values, or no  information
21       is available, the string ??  is returned.
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SEE ALSO

24       stat(2), dev_mkdb(8)
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HISTORY

27       The devname function call appeared in 4.4BSD.
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314th Berkeley Distribution      February 3, 1995                     DEVNAME(3)
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