1.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)dev_mkdb.8 5.4 (Berkeley) 08/05/91 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Os 10.Dt DEV_MKDB 8 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm dev_mkdb 13.Nd create 14.Pa /dev 15database 16.Sh SYNOPSIS 17.Nm dev_mkdb 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19The 20.Nm dev_mkdb 21command creates a 22.Xr db 3 23database in 24.Dq Pa /var/run/dev.db 25which lists the name and 26.Fa st_rdev 27field of all of the character and block special files in the 28.Dq Pa /dev 29directory. 30.Sh FILES 31.Bl -tag -width /var/run/dev.db -compact 32.It Pa /dev 33Device directory. 34.It Pa /var/run/dev.db 35Database file. 36.El 37.Sh SEE ALSO 38.Xr ps 1 , 39.Xr db 3 , 40.Xr kvm_nlist 3 , 41.Xr ttyname 3 , 42.Xr kvm_mkdb 8 43.Sh HISTORY 44The 45.Nm dev_mkdb 46command is 47.Ud . 48