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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