# 2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat3/devname.0

    DEVNAME(3)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       DEVNAME(3)

    NAME
         devname - get device name

    SYNOPSIS
         #include <sys/types.h>

         char *
         devname(dev, type)
    	 dev_t dev;
    	 mode_t type;

    DESCRIPTION
         The devname function returns a pointer to the name of the
         block or character device in /dev with a device number of
         dev , and a file type matching the one encoded in type which
         must be one of S_IFBLK or S_IFCHR.  If no device matches the
         specified values, or no information is available, the string
         ?? is returned.

    SEE ALSO
         stat(2), dev_mkdb(8)

    HISTORY
         The devname function call appeared in 4.4BSD.

    Printed 11/26/99	February 3, 1995			1

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