DEVNAME(3) | Library Functions Manual | DEVNAME(3)

# NAME

`devname` — get device name

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <sys/stat.h>`
`#include <stdlib.h>`

char *
`devname`(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, a pointer to the string "??" is returned.

# SEE ALSO

stat(2), dev_mkdb(8)

# HISTORY

The `devname` function call appeared in 4.4BSD.

June 5, 2013 | Debian