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@(#)getdiskbyname.3 6.5 (Berkeley) 06/23/90

C 5 getdiskbyname - get generic disk description by its name

 #include <sys/disklabel.h> 

 struct disklabel *  getdiskbyname(name)  char *name; 

Getdiskbyname 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. disklabel(5), disktab(5), disklabel(8)