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GETDISKRAWNAME(3)       NetBSD Library Functions Manual      GETDISKRAWNAME(3)


NAME

     getdiskrawname, getdiskcookedname -- get the block/character device name
     for a disk


LIBRARY

     System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <util.h>

     const char *
     getdiskrawname(char *buf, size_t buflen, const char *name);

     const char *
     getdiskcookedname(char *buf, size_t buflen, const char *name);


DESCRIPTION

     The getdiskrawname() function converts the name argument that contains a
     path to a disk block device node to the path that contains the corre-
     sponding character device node.  The getdiskcookedname() function con-
     verts the name argument that contains a path to a disk character device
     node to the path that contains the corresponding block device node.


RETURN VALUES

     On success the absolute pathname of the underlying device node is
     returned.  On failure NULL is returned and errno contains the reason for
     the error.


HISTORY

     The getdiskrawname() and getdiskcookedname() functions appeared in
     NetBSD 7.0.

NetBSD 10.0_STABLE               March 7, 2012              NetBSD 10.0_STABLE