DEV_MKDB(8) MachTen 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.

4.4BSD June 6, 1993 1