GETDISKBYNAME(3)

NAME

     getdiskbyname -- get generic disk description by its name

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

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
     disktab(5) file.

SEE ALSO

     disklabel(5), disktab(5), disklabel(8)

HISTORY

     The getdiskbyname() function appeared in 4.3BSD.