freebsd man page for getdiskbyname

GETDISKBYNAME(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					  GETDISKBYNAME(3)

NAME
     getdiskbyname -- get generic disk description by its name

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/disklabel.h>

     struct disklabel *
     getdiskbyname(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION
     The getdiskbyname() 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
     disktab(5), disklabel(8)

HISTORY
     The getdiskbyname() function appeared in 4.3BSD.

BSD
								   June 4, 1993 							       BSD