KVM_MKDB(8) | System Manager's Manual | KVM_MKDB(8) |
kvm_mkdb
— create
kernel database
kvm_mkdb |
[-v ] [-o
directory] [file] |
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:
The kvm_mkdb
utility first appeared in
4.4BSD.
May 31, 2007 | OpenBSD-current |