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KVM_MKDB(8) System Manager's Manual KVM_MKDB(8)

kvm_mkdbcreate kernel database

kvm_mkdb [file]

Kvm_mkdb creates a database in /var/db containing information about the specified file. If no file is specified, /vmunix 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.

/vmunix
 
/var/db/kvm_vmunix.db
 

kvm_nlist(3)

The kvm_mkdb utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.

4.4BSD-Lite2 June 9, 1993 KVM_MKDB(8)