DEVNAME(3)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       DEVNAME(3)



NAME
     devname - get device name

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>

     char *
     devname(dev, type)
	 dev_t dev;
	 mode_t type;

DESCRIPTION
     The devname function returns a pointer to the name of the
     block or character device in /_d_e_v with a device number of
     _d_e_v , and a file type matching the one encoded in _t_y_p_e which
     must be one of S_IFBLK or S_IFCHR.  If no device matches the
     specified values, or no information is available, the string
     ?? is returned.

SEE ALSO
     stat(2), dev_mkdb(8)

HISTORY
     The devname function call appeared in 4.4BSD.































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