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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 |
| 2 | .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. | |
| 8abcf059 | 3 | .\" |
| b92b3998 | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% |
| 8abcf059 | 5 | .\" |
| e6e7f887 | 6 | .\" @(#)kvm_mkdb.8 8.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 8abcf059 | 7 | .\" |
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8 | .Dd |
| 9 | .Dt KVM_MKDB 8 | |
| 10 | .Os | |
| 11 | .Sh NAME | |
| 12 | .Nm kvm_mkdb | |
| 13 | .Nd create kernel database | |
| 14 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 15 | .Nm kvm_mkdb | |
| 100612e2 | 16 | .Op file |
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17 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 18 | .Nm Kvm_mkdb | |
| 19 | creates a database in | |
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20 | .Pa /var/db |
| 21 | containing information about the specified file. | |
| 22 | If no file is specified, | |
| b42074ab | 23 | .Pa /vmunix |
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24 | is used by default. |
| 25 | The file is named ``kvm_filename.db'', where ``filename'' is the | |
| 26 | name of the file read. | |
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27 | Various library routines consult this database. |
| 28 | The only information currently stored is the kernel namelist, which is | |
| 29 | used by the | |
| 30 | .Xr kvm_nlist 3 | |
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31 | function, however, in the future the database may contain other static |
| 32 | information about the current system. | |
| b42074ab | 33 | .Sh FILES |
| 100612e2 | 34 | .Bl -tag -width /var/db/kvm_vmunix.db -compact |
| b42074ab | 35 | .It Pa /vmunix |
| b39d125c | 36 | .It Pa /var/db/kvm_vmunix.db |
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37 | .El |
| 38 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| 39 | .Xr kvm_nlist 3 | |
| 40 | .Sh HISTORY | |
| 41 | The | |
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42 | .Nm kvm_mkdb |
| 43 | utility first appeared in 4.4BSD. |