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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
| 4 | .\" | |
| 0609943c | 5 | .\" @(#)getdiskbyname.3 6.2 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 62068be8 | 6 | .\" |
| 0609943c | 7 | .TH GETDISKBYNAME 3 "" |
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8 | .UC 5 |
| 9 | .SH NAME | |
| 10 | getdiskbyname \- get disk description by its name | |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 12 | .nf | |
| 13 | .B #include <disktab.h> | |
| 14 | .PP | |
| 15 | .B struct disktab * | |
| 16 | .B getdiskbyname(name) | |
| 17 | .B char *name; | |
| 18 | .fi | |
| 19 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 20 | .I Getdiskbyname | |
| 21 | takes a disk name (e.g. rm03) and returns a structure | |
| 22 | describing its geometry information and the standard | |
| 23 | disk partition tables. All information obtained from | |
| 24 | the | |
| 25 | .IR disktab (5) | |
| 26 | file. | |
| 27 | .PP | |
| 28 | .RI < disktab.h > | |
| 29 | has the following form: | |
| 30 | .PP | |
| 31 | .nf | |
| 32 | .DT | |
| 33 | .so /usr/include/disktab.h | |
| 34 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 35 | disktab(5) | |
| 36 | .SH BUGS | |
| 37 | This information should be obtained from the system for | |
| 38 | locally available disks (in particular, the disk partition | |
| 39 | tables). |