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.\" $NetBSD: kvm_mkdb.8,v 1.11 1999/09/24 20:08:08 msaitoh Exp $
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.\" from: @(#)kvm_mkdb.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
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.Dd June 9, 1993
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.Dt KVM_MKDB 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm kvm_mkdb
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.Nd create kernel database
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl o Ar database
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.Op file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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creates a database,
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.Pa /var/db/kvm.db ,
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containing information about the specified file.
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If no file is specified,
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.Pa /netbsd
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is used by default.
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The database will only be recreated if its contents
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do not already describe the running kernel.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl o Ar database
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Put the output databases in the named file.
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.El
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.Pp
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Various library routines consult this database.
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The only information currently stored is the kernel namelist, which is
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used by the
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.Xr kvm_nlist 3
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function. In the future, the database may contain other static
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information about the current system.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /var/db/kvm.db -compact
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.It Pa /netbsd
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.It Pa /var/db/kvm.db
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kvm_nlist 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility first appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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