COMEDI_GET_DRIVER_NA(3)

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version 0.11.0+5 · 7 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ comedi_get_driver_name — Comedi driver name ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Comedi reference section of the manual (yes this whole page lives under COMEDI_GET_DRIVER_NA(3), we're doing the thing) 💖

🦋 NAME 🦋

comedi_get_driver_name — get the name of the driver, that's literally it, that's the whole job 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <comedilib.h>

char * comedi_get_driver_name(comedi_t * device);

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so comedi_get_driver_name hands you back a pointer to a string, and that string is the name of the driver that comedi is using for the comedi device you passed in as device. simple. iconic. no notes 🫶

and listen — that pointer stays valid until the device gets closed. after that? girl, it's gone, don't touch it 💀

if something goes wrong, this function returns NULL. that's your little error vibe check 🌈

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the legends who made this happen, no cap:

  • David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>
    • Author.
  • Frank Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
    • Author.
  • Herman Bruyninckx <Herman.Bruyninckx@mech.kuleuven.ac.be>
    • Author.
  • Bernd Porr <tech@linux-usb-daq.co.uk>
    • Author.
  • Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
    • Author.
  • Éric Piel <piel@delmic.com>
    • Author.

the legal stuff, but make it cute (it's still legally binding tho, bestie, don't get it twisted):

  • Copyright © 1998-2003 David Schleef
  • Copyright © 2001-2003, 2005, 2008 Frank Mori Hess
  • Copyright © 2002-2003 Herman Bruyninckx
  • Copyright © 2012 Bernd Porr
  • Copyright © 2012 Ian Abbott
  • Copyright © 2012, 2015 Éric Piel

This document is part of Comedilib. In the context of this document, the term "source code" as defined by the license is interpreted as the XML source. iykyk 🧚

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.1 of the License. slay.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. 🙈

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.

Comedi • 03/20/2026 — and that's the whole page bestie, mwah, go name some drivers 💅✨🦋

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