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30 .\" @(#)devname.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
44 .Fn devname "dev_t dev" "mode_t type"
48 function returns a pointer to the name of the block or character
51 with a device number of
53 and a file type matching the one encoded in
55 which must be one of S_IFBLK or S_IFCHR.
56 The device name is cached so that multiple calls with the same
60 do not require additional queries of the device database file.
61 If no device matches the specified values, or no information is
66 The traditional display for applications when no device is
70 .Bl -tag -width /var/run/dev.db -compact
71 .It Pa /var/run/dev.db
80 function call appeared in