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NAME

kvm_mkdb — create kernel database

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

kvm_mkdb creates a database in /var/db containing information about the specified file. If no file is specified, /bsd is used by default. The file is named kvm_filename.db, where filename is the name of the file read. Various library routines consult this database. The only information currently stored is the kernel namelist, which is used by the kvm_nlist(3) function. However, in the future the database may contain other static information about the current system.

The options are as follows:

-o directory

Allows the specification of a directory other than /var/db for the database to be created in.

-v

Yields slightly more verbose operation.

FILES

/bsd

 

/var/db/kvm_bsd.db

 

SEE ALSO

kvm_nlist(3)

HISTORY

The kvm_mkdb utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.