makedbm(1M)                                                     makedbm(1M)


   NAME
         makedbm - make a YP dbm file

   SYNOPSIS
         /usr/sbin/makedbm [ -l ] [ -s ] [ -i yp_input_file ] [ -o
         yp_output_name ] [ -d yp_domain_name ]
              [ -m yp_master_name ] infile outfile

         makedbm [ -u dbmfilename ]

   DESCRIPTION
         The makedbm command takes infile and converts it to a pair of files
         in dbm(3) format, 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 `\', then the data for that record
         is continued on to the next line.  It is left for the clients of the
         YP name service to interpret `#'; makedbm does not itself treat it as
         a comment character.  infile can be `-', in which case the standard
         input is read.

         makedbm is meant to be used in generating dbm files for the YP name
         service, and 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 following options are available:

         -l    Lowercase.  Convert the keys of the given map to lower case, so
               that host name matches, for example, can work independent of
               upper or lower case distinctions.

         -s    Secure map.  Accept connections from secure YP networks only.

         -i yp_input_file
               Create a special entry with the key yp_input_file.

         -o yp_output_name
               Create a special entry with the key yp_output_name.

         -d yp_domain_name
               Create a special entry with the key yp_domain_name.

         -m yp_master_name
               Create a special entry with the key yp_master_name.  If no
               master host name is specified, yp_master_name will be set to
               the local host name.

         -u dbmfilename
               Undo a dbm file.  That is, print out a dbm file one entry per
               line, with a single space separating keys from values.


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   SEE ALSO
         dbm(3)



















































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