major() — unbundled ODT_SDS



     MAJOR(K)                  UNIX System V                  MAJOR(K)



     Name
          major, makedev, minor - returns major, new device number, or
          minor device number

     Syntax
          #include "sys/sysmacros.h"

          int
          major(device-number)
          dev_t device-number;

          dev_t
          makedev(major-num, minor-num)
          int major-num, minor-num;

          int
          minor(device-number)
          dev_t device-number;

     Description
          The major macro returns the major device number from a
          device number.  minor returns the minor device number.

          The makedev macro returns a new device number from major and
          minor device numbers.

     Parameters
          device-number is a short integer device number that contains
          both the major and minor device numbers.

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