dev_t(3type)

dev_t3type

Device id

Usage

#include <sys/types.h>

typedef /* ... */ dev_t;

Library

Standard C library (libc)

Overview

Used for device IDs. It is an integer type. For further details of this type, see makedev(3).

Notes

The following header also provides this type: <sys/stat.h>.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

Standards

POSIX.1-2024.

History

POSIX.1-1988.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.