makedbm(1M)                      UNIX System V                      makedbm(1M)


NAME
      makedbm - make a Network Information Service (NIS) 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 NIS clients 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 NIS 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 NIS 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.

SEE ALSO
      dbm(3)



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