2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat3/devname.0

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 /dev with a device number of
     dev , and a file type matching the one encoded in type 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.


Printed 11/26/99	February 3, 1995			1