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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man3/getdiskbyname.3 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man3/getdiskbyname.3 b/static/netbsd/man3/getdiskbyname.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..93c01e42 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man3/getdiskbyname.3 @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: getdiskbyname.3,v 1.13 2009/08/19 15:47:39 joerg Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)getdiskbyname.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt GETDISKBYNAME 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm getdiskbyname , +.Nm setdisktab +.Nd get generic disk description by its name +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/types.h +.In sys/disklabel.h +.In disktab.h +.Ft int +.Fn setdisktab "char *name" +.Ft struct disklabel * +.Fn getdiskbyname "const char *name" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn getdiskbyname +function +takes a disk name (e.g. +.Ql rm03 ) +and returns a prototype disk label +describing its geometry information and the standard +disk partition tables. +All information is obtained from the +.Xr disktab 5 +file. +.Pp +The +.Fn setdisktab +function changes the default +.Sy disktab +file name from +.Pa /etc/disktab +.Pq aka Dv _PATH_DISKTAB +to +.Fa name . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Fn getdiskbyname +returns a null pointer if the entry is not found in the current +.Pa disktab +file. +.Pp +.Fn setdisktab +returns 0 on success and \-1 if +.Fa name +is a null pointer or points to an empty string. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/disktab -compact +.It Pa /etc/disktab +the default database of disk types. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr disklabel 5 , +.Xr disktab 5 , +.Xr disklabel 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn getdiskbyname +function appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . +.Pp +The +.Fn setdisktab +function appeared in +.Nx 1.4 . +.Sh BUGS +The +.Fn getdiskbyname +function leaves its results in an internal static object and returns a +pointer to that object. +Subsequent calls will modify the same object. |
