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:
-
-
-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.
- /bsd
-
- /var/db/kvm_bsd.db
-
kvm_nlist(3)
The
kvm_mkdb utility first appeared in
4.4BSD.
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