getdisktabbyname man page on DragonFly

getdisktabbyname man page on DragonFly

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GETDISKBYNAME(3)	 BSD Library Functions Manual	      GETDISKBYNAME(3)

NAME
     getdisktabbyname — get generic disk description by its name

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/disklabel32.h>
     #include <disktab.h>

     struct disktab *
     getdisktabbyname(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION
     The getdisktabbyname() function takes a disk name (e.g. ‘rm03’) and
     returns a prototype disk label describing its geometry information and
     the standard disk partition tables.  All information is obtained from the
     disktab(5) file.

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

HISTORY
     The getdiskbyname() function appeared in 4.3BSD.  It was removed and
     reworked into getdisktabbyname() in DragonFly 1.9.

BSD				 June 4, 1993				   BSD

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