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System Administration 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  ndbm(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.





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     -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          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 networks 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:




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














































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