devmap_name(8)

NAME

devmap_name - Query device-mapper name

SYNOPSIS

devmap_name major minor

DESCRIPTION

devmap_name queries the device-mapper for the name for the device specified by major and minor number.
devmap_name can be called from udev by the following rule in /etc/udev/udev.rules:

KERNEL="dm-[0-9]*", PROGRAM="/sbin/devmap_name %M %m", \
NAME="%k", SYMLINK="%c"

SEE ALSO

udev(8), dmsetup(8)

AUTHORS

devmap_name was developed by Christophe Varoqui, <christophe.varoqui@free.fr> and others.
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