debian man page for devtoname

DEVTONAME(9)						   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual					      DEVTONAME(9)

NAME
     devtoname -- converts dev_t data into a string indicating the device name

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/conf.h>

     const char *
     devtoname(dev_t dev);

DESCRIPTION
     The devtoname() function returns a pointer to the name of the device passed to it.  The name is whatever was set to it in make_dev().  If no
     name is associated with dev, a pointer to a string consisting of a ``#'' followed by ``major/minor'' as it applies to dev is returned.

HISTORY
     The devtoname() interface first appeared in FreeBSD 4.0

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								September 25, 1999							       BSD