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As a minor quib, you should probably prefer "$@" over $*
 

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di_minor_next(3DEVINFO) 			       Device Information Library Functions				   di_minor_next(3DEVINFO)

NAME
di_minor_next - libdevinfo minor node traversal functions SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -ldevinfo [ library... ] #include <libdevinfo.h> di_minor_t di_minor_next(di_node_t node, di_minor_t minor); PARAMETERS
minor Handle to the current minor node or DI_MINOR_NIL. node Device node with which the minor node is associated. DESCRIPTION
The di_minor_next() function returns a handle to the next minor node for the device node node. If minor is DI_MINOR_NIL, a handle to the first minor node is returned. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, a handle to the next minor node is returned. Otherwise, DI_MINOR_NIL is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
The di_minor_next() function will fail if: EINVAL Invalid argument. ENOTSUP Minor node information is not available in snapshot. ENXIO End of minor node list. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
libdevinfo(3LIB), attributes(5) Writing Device Drivers SunOS 5.10 1 Dec 1998 di_minor_next(3DEVINFO)
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