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| author | mycroft <mycroft@NetBSD.org> | 1995-01-30 21:12:41 +0000 |
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| committer | mycroft <mycroft@NetBSD.org> | 1995-01-30 21:12:41 +0000 |
| commit | bbfccb8f005ddc2a4b85ee9430d72afb06b2f356 (patch) | |
| tree | 6a11027fd071858d5d6ff1a39dae82b610283d68 /usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8 | |
| parent | 0c1f0c97eb2bbd90a7aca2a5f84334e3e714d7c4 (diff) | |
Merge with 4.4-Lite, and use libc err(3) and warn(3).
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8 | 32 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8 b/usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8 index c2899097227..36617aae728 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. -.\" All rights reserved. +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions @@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" from: @(#)dev_mkdb.8 5.4 (Berkeley) 8/5/91 -.\" $Id: dev_mkdb.8,v 1.2 1993/08/01 07:25:17 mycroft Exp $ +.\" from: @(#)dev_mkdb.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" $Id: dev_mkdb.8,v 1.3 1995/01/30 21:12:43 mycroft Exp $ .\" -.Dd August 5, 1991 +.Dd June 6, 1993 .Os .Dt DEV_MKDB 8 .Sh NAME @@ -47,13 +47,19 @@ The .Nm dev_mkdb command creates a .Xr db 3 -database in +hash access method database in .Dq Pa /var/run/dev.db -which lists the name and -.Fa st_rdev -field of all of the character and block special files in the +which contains the names of all of the character and block special +files in the .Dq Pa /dev -directory. +directory, using the file type and the +.Fa st_rdev +field as the key. +.Pp +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. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /var/run/dev.db -compact .It Pa /dev @@ -63,12 +69,14 @@ Database file. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ps 1 , +.Xr stat 2 , .Xr db 3 , +.Xr devname 3 , .Xr kvm_nlist 3 , .Xr ttyname 3 , .Xr kvm_mkdb 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm dev_mkdb -command is -.Ud . +command appeared in +.Bx 4.4 . |
