makedbm(1M)                                              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(3N) format, namely outfile.pag and outfile.dir.
             Each line of the input file is converted to a single dbm
             record.

       USAGE
             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 `-').

          Options
             makedbm takes the following options:

             -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.





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            -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.

      REFERENCES
            dbm(3N)

































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