386BSD 0.0 development

Work on file usr/src/usr.sbin/kvm_mkdb/kvm_mkdb.8

Co-Authored-By: Lynne Greer Jolitz <ljolitz@cardio.ucsf.edu>
Synthesized-from: 386BSD-0.0/src

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+.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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+.\"     @(#)kvm_mkdb.8 5.2 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
+.\"
+.Dd March 16, 1991
+.Dt KVM_MKDB 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm kvm_mkdb
+.Nd create kernel database
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm kvm_mkdb
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Kvm_mkdb
+creates a database in
+.Pa /var/run
+containing information about
+.Pa /vmunix
+and
+perhaps other fairly static information about the current system.
+Various library routines consult this database.
+The only information currently stored is the kernel namelist, which is
+used by the
+.Xr kvm_nlist 3
+function.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /var/run/kvm_vmunix.{dir,pag} -compact
+.It Pa /vmunix
+.It Pa /var/run/kvm_vmunix.{dir,pag}
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr kvm_nlist 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command
+.Ud