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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man8/dev_mkdb.8 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man8/dev_mkdb.8 b/static/netbsd/man8/dev_mkdb.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..005ed05f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man8/dev_mkdb.8 @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +.\" 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 +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)dev_mkdb.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" $NetBSD: dev_mkdb.8,v 1.14 2017/07/03 21:35:30 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.Dd June 1, 2012 +.Dt DEV_MKDB 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm dev_mkdb +.Nd create +.Pa /dev +database +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl c +.Op Fl o Ar database +.Op directory +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +command creates a +.Xr cdbr 3 +database in +.Dq Pa /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 +.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 c +Create a +.Xr db 3 +database for compatibility with libc versions and statically linked programs +from before +.Nx 6.0 . +The default name is +.Dq Pa /var/run/dev.db . +.It Fl o Ar database +Put the output databases in the named file. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/run/dev.db -compact +.It Pa /dev +Device directory. +.It Pa /var/run/dev.db +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 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.4 . |
