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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 9, 2001
+.Dt VN_ISDISK 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm vn_isdisk
+.Nd "checks if a vnode represents a disk"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In sys/vnode.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn vn_isdisk "struct vnode *vp" "int *errp"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn vn_isdisk
+function checks to see if
+.Fa vp
+represents a disk.
+In order for
+.Fa vp
+to be a disk,
+it must be a character device,
+.Va v_rdev
+must be valid, and the
+.Vt cdevsw
+entry's
+.Va flags
+must have
+.Dv D_DISK
+set.
+.Pp
+Its arguments are:
+.Bl -tag -width ".Fa errp"
+.It Fa vp
+The vnode to check.
+.It Fa errp
+An integer pointer to store the error number in if the call fails.
+.El
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+If the vnode represents a disk, 1 is returned; otherwise, 0
+is returned and
+.Fa errp
+will contain the error number.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This manual page was written by
+.An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca .
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