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# DADisk.h

## Overview

See the Overview section above for header-level documentation.

## Overview

### Included Headers

- <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
- <IOKit/IOKitLib.h>
- <DiskArbitration/DASession.h>

## Topics

### Miscellaneous

[`DADiskCopyDescription(_:)`](/documentation/DiskArbitration/DADiskCopyDescription(_:))

Obtains the Disk Arbitration description of the specified disk.

[`DADiskCopyIOMedia(_:)`](/documentation/DiskArbitration/DADiskCopyIOMedia(_:))

Obtains the I/O Kit media object for the specified disk.

[`DADiskCopyWholeDisk(_:)`](/documentation/DiskArbitration/DADiskCopyWholeDisk(_:))

Obtain the associated whole disk object for the specified disk.

[`DADiskCreateFromBSDName(_:_:_:)`](/documentation/DiskArbitration/DADiskCreateFromBSDName(_:_:_:))

Creates a new disk object.

[`DADiskCreateFromIOMedia(_:_:_:)`](/documentation/DiskArbitration/DADiskCreateFromIOMedia(_:_:_:))

Creates a new disk object.

[`DADiskCreateFromVolumePath(_:_:_:)`](/documentation/DiskArbitration/DADiskCreateFromVolumePath(_:_:_:))

Creates a new disk object.

[`DADiskGetBSDName(_:)`](/documentation/DiskArbitration/DADiskGetBSDName(_:))

Obtains the BSD device name for the specified disk.

[`DADiskGetTypeID()`](/documentation/DiskArbitration/DADiskGetTypeID())

Returns the type identifier of all DADisk instances.

### Data Types

[`DADisk`](/documentation/DiskArbitration/DADisk)

Type of a reference to DADisk instances.


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