DEV_MKDB(8) System Manager's Manual DEV_MKDB(8)
NAME
dev_mkdb - create /dev database
SYNOPSIS
dev_mkdb
DESCRIPTION
The dev_mkdb command creates a dbm(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 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), dbm(3), devname(3), ttyname(3)
HISTORY
The dev_mkdb command appeared in 4.4BSD.
4th Berkeley Distribution February 3, 1995 DEV_MKDB(8)
