mojave man page for dev_mkdb

Query: dev_mkdb

OS: mojave

Section: 8

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DEV_MKDB(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					       DEV_MKDB(8)

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 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_nlist(3), ttyname(3), kvm_mkdb(8)
HISTORY
The dev_mkdb command appeared in 4.4BSD.
BSD
June 6, 1993 BSD
Related Man Pages
devname(3) - freebsd
fd(4) - freebsd
isatty(3) - netbsd
ttyslot(3) - netbsd
devname_r(3) - freebsd
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