From b70b2499b00a3e4bdbf6b7e6b89d2afb486b8938 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: manu Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 20:42:02 +0000 Subject: Added flags to choose the location of the input device directory and the output device database. Goal is to be consistent with other *_mkdb utilities such as pwd_mkdb or kvm_mkdb. --- usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8 | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8') diff --git a/usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8 b/usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8 index 87fd7ed5c90..ef8a4b89016 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/dev_mkdb/dev_mkdb.8 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)dev_mkdb.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 -.\" $NetBSD: dev_mkdb.8,v 1.5 1997/10/17 00:12:43 lukem Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: dev_mkdb.8,v 1.6 2001/07/04 20:42:02 manu Exp $ .\" .Dd June 6, 1993 .Os @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ database .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm +.Op Fl o Ar database +.Op directory .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm @@ -50,16 +52,22 @@ command creates a hash access method database in .Dq Pa /var/run/dev.db which contains the names of all of the character and block special -files in the -.Dq Pa /dev -directory, using the file type and the +files in the specified directory, using the file type and the .Fa st_rdev field as the key. +If no directory is specified, the +.Dq Pa /dev +directory is used. .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. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl o Ar database +Put the output databases in the named file. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /var/run/dev.db -compact .It Pa /dev -- cgit