DEVNAME(3) Library Functions 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.
4th Berkeley Distribution February 3, 1995 DEVNAME(3)
