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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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