DEV_MKDB(8) | System Manager's Manual | DEV_MKDB(8) |
dev_mkdb
— create
/dev database
dev_mkdb |
[-c ] [-o
database] [directory] |
The dev_mkdb
command creates a
cdbr(3) database in
“/var/run/dev.cdb” which contains the
names of all of the character and block special files in the specified
directory, using the file type and the st_rdev field
as the key. If no directory is specified, the
“/dev” directory is used.
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.
The options are as follows:
The dev_mkdb
command appeared in
4.4BSD.
June 1, 2012 | NetBSD 10.99 |