makedbm

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                  makedbm(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      makedbm - make a dbm file, or get a text  file  from  a  dbm
      file
 


SYNOPSIS
      makedbm [ -b ]  [ -l ]  [ -s ]  [ -E ]  [ -i yp_input_file ]
      [    -o yp_output_name   ]    [   -d yp_domain_name   ]    [
      -m yp_master_name     ]      [     -S delimiter     ]      [
      -D number_of_delimiters ]  infile  outfile
 
      makedbm [ -u dbmfilename ]
 


DESCRIPTION
      The makedbm utility takes the  infile and converts it  to  a
      pair  of files in ndbm format (see dbm_clearerr(3C)), namely
      outfile.pag and outfile.dir. Each line of the input file  is
      converted  to  a single dbm record. All characters up to the
      first TAB or SPACE form the key, and the rest of the line is
      the  data. If a line ends with `\' (backslash), the data for
      that record is continued on to the next line.  makedbm  does
      not treat `#' (pound-sign) as a special character.
 
      Because  makedbm is mainly used in generating dbm files  for
      the  NIS name service, it generates a special entry with the
      key yp_last_modified, which is the date of  infile  (or  the
      current time, if infile is `-').  The entries that have keys
      with the prefix yp_ are interpreted by NIS server utilities.
 


OPTIONS
      The following options are supported:
 
      -b    Insert the  YP_INTERDOMAIN into the output.  This  key
            causes   ypserv(1M)  to  use   DNS  for  host name and
            address lookups for hosts not found in the maps.
 
      -d yp_domain_name
            Create a special entry with the key yp_domain_name.
 
      -D number_of delimiters
            Specify number_of_delimiters to  skip  before  forming
            the key.
 
      -E    Delimiters are escaped.
 
      -i yp_input_file
            Create a special entry with the key yp_input_file.
 
      -l    Lower case. Convert the keys of the given map to lower
            case,  so that, for example, host name matches succeed
            independent of upper or lower case distinctions.
 
      -m yp_master_name
 
 
 
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 Maintenance Commands                                  makedbm(1M)
 
 
 
            Create a special entry with the key yp_master_name. If
            no  master  host  name is specified, yp_master_name is
            set to the local host name.
 
      -o yp_output_name
            Create a special entry with the key yp_output_name.
 
      -s    Secure map. Accept connections from secure   NIS  net-
            works only.
 
      -S delimiter
            Specify the delimiter to use instead  of  the  default
            delimiter for forming the key.
 
      -u dbmfilename
            Undo a dbm file.  Prints out the file in text  format,
            one  entry  per  line,  with a single space separating
            keys from values.
 


OPERANDS
      The following operands are supported:
 
      infile
            Input file for makedbm. If infile is `-'  (dash),  the
            standard input is read.
 
      outfile
            One of two output files in  ndbm  format:  outfile.pag
            and outfile.dir.
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      ypserv(1M), dbm_clearerr(3C), attributes(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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