getdiskbyname(3C)getdiskbyname(3C)NAMEgetdiskbyname() - get disk description by its name
SYNOPSIS
Obsolescent Interface
DESCRIPTION
takes a disk name (such as hp7959B) and returns a pointer to a struc‐
ture that describes its geometry information and the standard disk par‐
tition tables. All information is obtained from the disktab database
file (see disktab(4)).
The contents of the structure include the following members. Note that
there is not necessarily any correlation between the placement in this
list and the order in the structure.
char *d_name; /* drive name */
char *d_type; /* drive type */
int d_secsize; /* sector size in bytes */
int d_ntracks; /* # tracks/cylinder */
int d_nsectors; /* # sectors/track */
int d_ncylinders; /* # cylinders */
int d_rpm; /* revolutions/minute */
struct partition {
int p_size; /* #sectors in partition */
short p_bsize; /* block size in bytes */
short p_fsize; /* frag size in bytes */
} d_partitions[NSECTIONS];
The constant is defined in
Obsolescent Interface
gets disk description by its name.
DIAGNOSTICS
A NULL pointer is returned in case of an error, or if name is not found
in the disktab database file.
WARNINGS
The return value for points to data whose content is overwritten by
each call. is an obsolescent interface supported only for compatibil‐
ity with existing DCE applications. New multithreaded applications
should use
AUTHOR
was developed by HP and the University of California, Berkeley.
SEE ALSOdisktab(4), thread_safety(5).
getdiskbyname(3C)