minor - get minor component of device number (extension)

Syntax

#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/mkdev.h> minor_t minor(dev_t device);

Description minor() returns the minor component of the device number for a named device.

Return val.	Formatted device number
		if successful.
	NODEV	if an error occurs. errno is set to indicate the error.
Errors	minor() will fail if: EINVAL      The device argument is NODEV.
See also	makedev(), major(), mknod(), stat().