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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 5.4			 June 4, 1993			   FreeBSD 5.4

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