Query: dev_mkdb
OS: opendarwin
Section: 8
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DEV_MKDB(8) BSD System Manager's Manual DEV_MKDB(8)NAMEdev_mkdb -- create /dev databaseSYNOPSISdev_mkdbDESCRIPTIONThe 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 ALSOps(1), stat(2), db(3), devname(3), kvm_nlist(3), ttyname(3), kvm_mkdb(8)HISTORYThe dev_mkdb command appeared in 4.4BSD.BSDJune 6, 1993 BSD
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