---
name: "dmapi"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libdm0-dev"
version: "2.2.10-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dmapi"
---

# dmapi(3)

DMAPI library

## NAME

dmapi - DMAPI library

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <xfs/dmapi.h>

cc ... -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE -ldm
```

## DESCRIPTION

*DMAPI*, or *XDSM*, is an implementation of the X/Open document: **Systems Management: Data Storage Management (XDSM) API** dated February 1997. This interface is made available for the XFS filesystem by means of the **libdm** library.

See the XDSM manual at http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9657099/toc.htm for a description of the functions offered by libdm library.

For more information and details on how to contribute to the XFS project see the web pages at: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/