GETDISKRAWNAME(3)

NAME
getdiskrawname, getdiskcookedname - get the block/character device name for a disk

LIBRARY
libutil

SYNOPSIS
#include <util.h>
const char *
getdiskrawname(char *buf, size_t buflen, const char *name);
const char *
getdiskcookedname(char *buf, size_t buflen, const char *name);

DESCRIPTION
The getdiskrawname() function converts the name argument that contains a path to a disk block device node to the path that contains the corresponding character device node. The getdiskcookedname() function converts the name argument that contains a path to a disk character device node to the path that contains the corresponding block device node.

RETURN VALUES
On success the absolute pathname of the underlying device node is returned. On failure NULL is returned and errno contains the reason for the error.

HISTORY
The getdiskrawname() and getdiskcookedname() functions appeared in NetBSD 7.0.