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+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
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+.\"	@(#)dev_mkdb.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 6, 1993
+.Os
+.Dt DEV_MKDB 8
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm dev_mkdb
+.Nd create
+.Pa /dev
+database
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm dev_mkdb
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm dev_mkdb
+command creates a
+.Xr db 3
+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 
+.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
+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 ,
+.Xr kvm_mkdb 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm dev_mkdb
+command appeared in
+.Bx 4.4 .