DEV_MKDB(8)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	      DEV_MKDB(8)



NAME
     dev_mkdb - create /_d_e_v database

SYNOPSIS
     dev_mkdb

DESCRIPTION
     The dev_mkdb command creates a _d_b_m(3) hash access method
     database in /_v_a_r/_r_u_n/_d_e_v._d_b which contains the names of all
     of the character and block special files in the /_d_e_v direc-
     tory, using the file type and the _s_t__r_d_e_v 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.




























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