getdiskbyname3
Get generic disk description by its name
Usage
#include <sys/disklabel.h>
struct disklabel *
getdiskbyname(const char *name);
Library
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
Overview
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.
Releases
87 releases since FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE; the text changed 41 times.