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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| 62068be8 | 3 | .\" |
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4 | .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted |
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| 8 | .\" distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed | |
| 9 | .\" by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the | |
| 10 | .\" University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived | |
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| 16 | .\" @(#)getdiskbyname.3 6.4 (Berkeley) %G% | |
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| 0609943c | 18 | .TH GETDISKBYNAME 3 "" |
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19 | .UC 5 |
| 20 | .SH NAME | |
| 39e10979 | 21 | getdiskbyname \- get generic disk description by its name |
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22 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 23 | .nf | |
| 39e10979 | 24 | .B #include <sys/disklabel.h> |
| 62068be8 | 25 | .PP |
| 39e10979 | 26 | .B struct disklabel * |
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27 | .B getdiskbyname(name) |
| 28 | .B char *name; | |
| 29 | .fi | |
| 30 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 31 | .I Getdiskbyname | |
| 39e10979 | 32 | takes a disk name (e.g. rm03) and returns a prototype disk label |
| 62068be8 | 33 | describing its geometry information and the standard |
| 39e10979 | 34 | disk partition tables. All information is obtained from |
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35 | the |
| 36 | .IR disktab (5) | |
| 37 | file. | |
| 62068be8 | 38 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 39e10979 | 39 | disklabel(5), disktab(5), disklabel(8) |