ypmake(1M)                                                       ypmake(1M)


   NAME
         ypmake - rebuild YP database

   SYNOPSIS
         cd /var/yp ; make [ map ]

   DESCRIPTION
         The file called Makefile in /var/yp is used by make to build the YP
         name service 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         for any YP maps that are out-of-date, and then executes yppush(1M) to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 map is supplied on the command line, make will update that map
         only.

         There are three special variables used by make:  DIR, which gives the
         directory of the source files; NOPUSH, which when non-null inhibits
         doing a yppush of the new database files; and DOM, used to construct
         a domain other than the master's default domain.  The default for DIR
         is /etc, and the default for NOPUSH is the null string.

         ypmake also creates an entry in /var/yp/aliases.

         Refer to ypfiles(4) and ypserv(1M) for an overview of the YP.

   FILES
         /var/yp

   SEE ALSO
         make(1), makedbm(1M), yppush(1M), ypserv(1M), ypfiles(4)























   8/91                                                                 Page 1