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+.\"     @(#)devname.3	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 18, 1999
+.Dt DEVNAME 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm devname
+.Nd get device name
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/stat.h
+.In stdlib.h
+.Ft char *
+.Fn devname "dev_t dev" "mode_t type"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn devname
+function returns a pointer to the name of the block or character
+device in
+.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 .
+To find the right name,
+.Fn devname
+first searches the device database created by
+.Xr dev_mkdb 8 ;
+if that fails, it asks the kernel via the
+.Va kern.devname
+sysctl.
+If it was still unable to come up with a suitable name,
+it will format the information encapsulated in
+.Fa dev
+and
+.Fa type
+in a human-readable format.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr stat 2 ,
+.Xr dev_mkdb 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn devname
+function call appeared in
+.Bx 4.4 .
+.Sh BUGS
+The
+.Fn devname
+function returns a poiner to an internal static object;
+thus, subsequent calls will modify the same buffer.