ypmake(1M)                                             ypmake(1M)



     NAME
          ypmake - rebuild yellow pages database

     SYNOPSIS
          cd /etc/yp; make [map] [variable...]

     DESCRIPTION
          The file Makefile in /etc/yp is used by make for building
          the yellow pages (YP) database.  With no arguments, make
          creates dbm databases for any YP maps that are out-of-date
          and then executes yppush(1M) to notify slave databases that
          there has been a change.

          If you supply a map on the command line, make will update
          that map only.  Typing make passwd will create and do a yp-
          push of the password database (assuming it is out of date).

          Likewise, make hosts and make networks will create and do a
          yppush of the databases derived from the host and network
          files, /etc/hosts and /etc/networks.

          There are three special variables that can be specified on
          the command line.

          DIR       Gives the directory of the source files; it de-
                    faults to /etc/.

          NOPUSH    When non-null, inhibits doing a yppush of the new
                    database files.  The default is the null string.

          DOM       Used to construct a domain other than the master's
                    default domain.  The default is the current
                    domainname taken from domainname(1).

          During the make process, files are created with the exten-
          sion .time.  These are used by the Makefile to determine
          which databases need to be rebuilt.  Two programs, stdhosts
          and revnetgroup, are used exclusively by the Makefile to re-
          format certain files before database processing.

     FILES
          /etc/yp/Makefile
          /etc/yp/passwd.time
          /etc/yp/group.time
          /etc/yp/hosts.time
          /etc/yp networks.time
          /etc/yp/protcols.time
          /etc/yp/services.time
          /etc/yp/revnetgroup
          /etc/yp/stdhosts





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     ypmake(1M)                                             ypmake(1M)



     SEE ALSO
          make(1), makedbm(1M), ypserv(1M).





















































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