part_to_dev

Description:

[ Version ( since = "1.5.15" ) ]
public string part_to_dev (string partition) throws Error

convert partition name to device name

This function takes a partition name (eg. "/dev/sdb1") and removes the partition number, returning the device name (eg. "/dev/sdb").

The named partition must exist, for example as a string returned from list_partitions.

See also part_to_partnum, device_index.

Parameters:

this

A GuestfsSession object

Returns:

the returned string, or NULL on error