NAME
getdiskbyname —
get generic disk description by its
name
LIBRARY
library “libc”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/disklabel32.h>
#include <disktab.h>
struct disklabel32 *
getdiskbyname(const
char *name);
DESCRIPTION
Thegetdiskbyname()
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.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The getdiskbyname() function appeared in
4.3BSD.