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minor(9r)
NAME
  minor - General: Returns the device minor number

SYNOPSIS
  #include <sys/types.h>


  int minor(
	  dev_t device );

ARGUMENTS
  device
      Specifies the number of the device whose associated minor device number
      the minor interface will obtain.

DESCRIPTION
  The minor interface returns the device minor number associated with the
  device specified by the device argument. Device driver writers use the
  dev_t data type to represent a device's major and minor numbers. This data
  type is an abstraction of the internal representations of the major and
  minor numbers.  Driver writers do not need to know how the system
  internally represents the major and minor numbers. To ensure maximum
  portability of the device driver, use the minor interface to extract the
  minor number portion of this internal representation.

RETURN VALUES
  Upon successful completion, minor returns the minor number portion of the
  dev_t passed as the argument.

SEE ALSO
  Kernel Interfaces: major(9r), makedev(9r)

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