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38 .Nd get block or character device major number
45 .Fn getdevmajor "const char *name" "mode_t type"
49 function returns the major device number of the block or character
52 and a file type matching the one encoded in
59 If no device matches the specified values, no information is
60 available, or an error occurs,
64 is set to indicate the error.
66 To retrieve the major number for
68 slave devices (aka pts devices):
69 .Bd -literal -offset indent
70 #include \*[Lt]stdlib.h\*[Gt]
71 #include \*[Lt]sys/stat.h\*[Gt]
74 pts = getdevmajor("pts", S_IFCHR);
77 To retrieve the major numbers for the block and character
80 .Bd -literal -offset indent
81 #include \*[Lt]stdlib.h\*[Gt]
82 #include \*[Lt]sys/stat.h\*[Gt]
85 c = getdevmajor("wd", S_IFCHR);
86 b = getdevmajor("wd", S_IFBLK);
91 function may fail and set
93 for any of the errors specified for the library functions
97 In addition, the following errors may be reported:
107 The named device is not found.
117 function call appeared in