libnvme_open(9)               libnvme API manual               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.

September 2026                   libnvme_open                  libnvme_open(9)