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makedbm(1M)		System Administration Commands		   makedbm(1M)

NAME
       makedbm - make a dbm file, or get a text file from a dbm file

SYNOPSIS
       makedbm [-b] [-l] [-s] [-E] [-i yp_input_file]
	    [-o yp_output_name] [-d yp_domain_name]
	    [-m yp_master_name] [-S delimiter]
	    [-D number_of_delimiters] infile outfile

       makedbm [-u dbmfilename]

DESCRIPTION
       The  makedbm  utility  takes  the   infile and converts it to a pair of
       files in ndbm  format  (see  ndbm(3C)),	namely	outfile.pag  and  out‐
       file.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 `\' (backslash),
       the data for that record is continued on to the next line. makedbm does
       not treat `#' (pound-sign) as a special character.

       Because	 makedbm  is  mainly used in generating dbm files for the  NIS
       name service, it generates a special entry with the  key	 yp_last_modi‐
       fied,  which  is	 the date of infile (or the current time, if infile is
       `−').  The entries that have keys with the prefix yp_  are  interpreted
       by NIS server utilities.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -b			  Insert  the  YP_INTERDOMAIN into the output.
				  This key causes  ypserv(1M) to use  DNS  for
				  host	name and address lookups for hosts not
				  found in the maps.

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

       -D number_of delimiters	  Specify  number_of_delimiters to skip before
				  forming the key.

       -E			  Delimiters are escaped.

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

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

       -m yp_master_name	  Create a special entry with the key  yp_mas‐
				  ter_name.  If	 no master host name is speci‐
				  fied, yp_master_name is  set	to  the	 local
				  host name.

       -o yp_output_name	  Create  a special entry with the key yp_out‐
				  put_name.

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

       -S delimiter		  Specify  the delimiter to use instead of the
				  default delimiter for forming the key.

       -u dbmfilename		  Undo a dbm file.  Prints  out	 the  file  in
				  text format, one entry per line, with a sin‐
				  gle space separating keys from values.

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       infile	  Input file for makedbm. If infile is `−' (dash),  the	 stan‐
		  dard input is read.

       outfile	  One of two output files in ndbm format: outfile.pag and out‐
		  file.dir.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcs			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       ypserv(1M), ndbm(3C), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11			  17 Aug 1999			   makedbm(1M)
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