libnvmf\_config\_get\_hostsymname(9) libnvme API manual libnvmf\_config\_get\_hostsymname(9)

# [NAME](#NAME)

libnvmf\_config\_get\_hostsymname - the top-level \[Host] symbolic name.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**const char * libnvmf\_config\_get\_hostsymname** **(const struct libnvmf\_config \*config );**

# [ARGUMENTS](#ARGUMENTS)

[config](#config)

the resolved configuration

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The symbolic name a Discovery Information Management (DIM) command reports to a Centralized Discovery Controller (TP8010). Unlike the host NQN and host ID it has no system-wide file to fall back on, so this is the only place it can be configured for a host that connects only what it discovers.

# [RETURN](#RETURN)

borrowed string, valid while *config* is alive, or NULL when the top-level file names no symbolic name.

libnvmf\_config\_get\_hostsymname October 2026

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Document: libnvmf_config_get_hostsymname-libnvme3(2) from nvme-cli 3.2-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli