GETDISKBYNAME(3) MachTen 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.

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