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+.\"     @(#)devname.3	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/devname.3,v 1.11 2001/10/01 16:08:50 ru Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd October 25, 2004
+.Dt DEVNAME 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm devname ,
+.Nm devname_r
+.Nd get device name
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/stat.h
+.In stdlib.h
+.Ft char *
+.Fo devname
+.Fa "dev_t dev"
+.Fa "mode_t type"
+.Fc
+.Ft char *
+.Fo devname_r
+.Fa "dev_t dev"
+.Fa "mode_t type"
+.Fa "char *buf"
+.Fa "int len"
+.Fc
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn devname
+function returns a pointer to the name of the block or character
+device in
+.Dq Pa /dev
+with a device number of
+.Fa dev ,
+and a file type matching the one encoded in
+.Fa type
+which must be one of
+.Dv S_IFBLK
+or
+.Dv S_IFCHR .
+If no device matches the specified values, or no information is
+available, NULL is returned.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn devname
+function uses a static buffer, which will be overwritten
+on subsequent calls.
+The
+.Fn devname_r
+functions takes a buffer and length as arguments to avoid this problem.
+.Pp
+The traditional display for applications when no device is
+found is the string
+.Dq ?? .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr stat 2 ,
+.Xr dev_mkdb 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn devname
+function call appeared in
+.Bx 4.4 .