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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     creates dbm databases for any YP maps that are  out-of-date,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 spe-
     cial 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)




























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