NAME

getdiskbyname − get disk description by its name

SYNOPSIS

#include <disktab.h>

struct disktab ∗
getdiskbyname(name)
char ∗name;

DESCRIPTION

Getdiskbyname takes a disk name (e.g. rm03) and returns a structure describing its geometry information and the standard disk partition tables.  All information obtained from the disktab(5) file.

<disktab.h> has the following form:

SEE ALSO

disktab(5)

BUGS

This information should be obtained from the system for locally available disks (in particular, the disk partition tables). 

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