GETDISKBYNAME(3)

NAME
getdisktabbyname - get generic disk description by its name

LIBRARY
libc

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.