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.Dd July 18, 1999 .Dt DEVNAME 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm devname .Nd get device name .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/stat.h n stdlib.h .Ft char * .Fn devname "dev_t dev" "mode_t type" .Ft char * .Fn devname_r "dev_t dev" "mode_t type" "char *buf" "int len" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn devname function returns a pointer to the name of the block or character device in
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@(#)devname.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
$FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/gen/devname.3 116610 2003-06-20 09:52:27Z phk $
.Dd July 18, 1999 .Dt DEVNAME 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm devname .Nd get device name .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/stat.h n stdlib.h .Ft char * .Fn devname "dev_t dev" "mode_t type" .Ft char * .Fn devname_r "dev_t dev" "mode_t type" "char *buf" "int len" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn devname function returns a pointer to the name of the block or character device in
a /dev with a device number of .Fa dev , and a file type matching the one encoded in .Fa type which must be one of .Dv S_IFBLK or .Dv S_IFCHR . To find the right name, .Fn devname asks the kernel via the .Va kern.devname sysctl. If it is unable to come up with a suitable name, it will format the information encapsulated in .Fa dev and .Fa type in a human-readable format.
p .Fn devname returns the name stored in a static buffer which will be overwritten on subsequent calls. .Fn devname_r takes a buffer and length as argument to avoid this problem. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr stat 2 , .Sh HISTORY The .Fn devname function appeared in x 4.4 .