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.TH MAKEDEV 3 2012-05-10 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
.BI "unsigned int major(dev_t " dev );
.BI "unsigned int minor(dev_t " dev );
-
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
A device ID consists of two parts:
These macros can be useful to, for example,
decompose the device IDs in the structure returned by
.BR stat (2).
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+.SH CONFORMING TO
The
.BR makedev (),
.BR major (),
and
.BR gnu_dev_minor ().
The latter names are exported, but the traditional names are more portable.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mknod (2),
.BR stat (2)