GETDISKBYNAME(3)       FreeBSD 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.

FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6          June 4, 1993          FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6