# 2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat8/dev_mkdb.0

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

    NAME
         dev_mkdb - create /dev database

    SYNOPSIS
         dev_mkdb

    DESCRIPTION
         The dev_mkdb command creates a dbm(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 direc-
         tory, 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), dbm(3), devname(3), ttyname(3)

    HISTORY
         The dev_mkdb command appeared in 4.4BSD.

    Printed 11/26/99	February 3, 1995			1

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