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
HISTORY
The getdiskbyname() function appeared in 4.3BSD.