libnvme_open(9)

NAME
libnvme_open - Open an nvme controller or namespace device

SYNOPSIS
int libnvme_open (struct libnvme_global_ctx *ctx , const char *name , int flags , struct libnvme_transport_handle **hdl );

ARGUMENTS

ctx struct libnvme_global_ctx object

name
    The basename of the device to open

flags
    Flags to pass to the underlying open(2) call, e.g. O_RDONLY or O_RDONLY | O_EXCL

hdl Transport handle to return

DESCRIPTION
This will look for the handle in /dev/ and validate the name and filetype match linux conventions.

RETURN
0 on success, negative error code otherwise.