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+.\"
+.\" 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 .