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.TH "GET_GENDISK" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
get_gendisk \- get partitioning information for a given device
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
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struct gendisk * get_gendisk  (dev_t \fIdev\fB, int * \fIpart\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdev\fB\fR
device to get partitioning information for
.TP
\fB\fIpart\fB\fR
-- undescribed --
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function gets the structure containing partitioning
information for the given device \fIdev\fR\&.