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

NAME

dev_mkdb -- create /dev database

SYNOPSIS

dev_mkdb [-f file] [directory]

DESCRIPTION

The dev_mkdb utility creates a db(3) hash access method database in file (/var/run/dev.db by default) which contains the names of all of the char- acter and block special files in directory (/dev by default), 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 default device directory /var/run/dev.db default database file

SEE ALSO

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

HISTORY

The dev_mkdb utility appeared in 4.4BSD. DragonFly 5.5 November 18, 2001 DragonFly 5.5

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