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

NAME
     devmkdb -- create /dev database

SYNOPSIS
     devmkdb

DESCRIPTION
     The devmkdb 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 strdev field as the key.

     Keys are a structure containing a modet followed by a devt, with any
     padding zero'd out.  The former is the type of the file (stmode &
     SIFMT), the latter is the strdev field.

FILES
     /dev             Device directory.
     /var/run/dev.db  Database file.

SEE ALSO
     ps(1), stat(2), db(3), devname(3), kvmnlist(3), ttyname(3), kvmmkdb(8)

HISTORY
     The devmkdb command appeared in 4.4BSD.

BSD                              June 6, 1993                              BSD