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48 hash access method database in
49 .Dq Pa /var/run/dev.db
50 which contains the names of all of the character and block special
51 files in the specified directory, using the file type and the
54 If no directory is specified, the
58 Keys are a structure containing a mode_t followed by a dev_t,
59 with any padding zero'd out.
60 The former is the type of the file (st_mode \*[Am] S_IFMT),
61 the latter is the st_rdev field.
63 The options are as follows:
64 .Bl -tag -width indent
66 Put the output databases in the named file.
69 .Bl -tag -width /var/run/dev.db -compact
72 .It Pa /var/run/dev.db