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GETDISKBYNAME(3)          OpenBSD Programmer's Manual         GETDISKBYNAME(3)

NAME
     getdiskbyname - get generic disk description by its name



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 disk-
     tab(5) file.

SEE ALSO
     disklabel(5),  disktab(5),  disklabel(8)

HISTORY
     The getdiskbyname() function appeared in 4.3BSD.

OpenBSD 2.6                      June 4, 1993                                1

Source: OpenBSD 2.6 man pages. Copyright: Portions are copyrighted by BERKELEY
SOFTWARE DESIGN, INC., The Regents of the University of California, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Free Software Foundation, FreeBSD Inc., and others.

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