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

N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
    g\bge\bet\btd\bdi\bis\bsk\bkb\bby\byn\bna\bam\bme\be - get generic disk description by its name

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
    #\b#i\bin\bnc\bcl\blu\bud\bde\be <\b<s\bsy\bys\bs/\b/d\bdi\bis\bsk\bkl\bla\bab\bbe\bel\bl.\b.h\bh>\b>

    _\bs_\bt_\br_\bu_\bc_\bt _\bd_\bi_\bs_\bk_\bl_\ba_\bb_\be_\bl _\b*
    g\bge\bet\btd\bdi\bis\bsk\bkb\bby\byn\bna\bam\bme\be(_\bc_\bo_\bn_\bs_\bt _\bc_\bh_\ba_\br _\b*_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be);

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
    The g\bge\bet\btd\bdi\bis\bsk\bkb\bby\byn\bna\bam\bme\be() 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.

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
    disklabel(5),  disktab(5),  disklabel(8)

H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY
    The g\bge\bet\btd\bdi\bis\bsk\bkb\bby\byn\bna\bam\bme\be() function appeared in 4.3BSD.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution        June 4, 1993                                1