DEV_MKDB

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NAME

dev_mkdb - create /dev database  

SYNOPSIS

dev_mkdb  

DESCRIPTION

The dev_mkdb command creates a db(3) hash access method database in ``/var/run/dev.db '' which contains the names of all of the character and block special files in the ``/dev '' directory, using the file type and the Fa st_rdev field as the key.

Keys are a structure containing a mode_t followed by a dev_t, with any padding zero'd out. The former is the type of the file (st_mode & S_IFMT), the latter is the st_rdev field.  

FILES

/dev
Device directory.
/var/run/dev.db
Database file.

 

SEE ALSO

ps(1), stat(2), db(3), devname(3), kvm_nlist3, ttyname(3), kvm_mkdb8  

HISTORY

The dev_mkdb command appeared in BSD 4.4


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
FILES
SEE ALSO
HISTORY

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