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6 editmap - query and edit single records in database maps for sendmail
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9 editmap [-C file] [-N] [-f] [-q|-u|-x] maptype mapname key [ "value
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13 Editmap queries or edits one record in database maps used by the keyed
14 map lookups in sendmail(8). Arguments are passed on the command line
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17 Depending on how it is compiled, editmap handles different database
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20 dbm DBM format maps. This requires the ndbm(3) library.
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22 btree B-Tree format maps. This requires the new Berkeley DB library.
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24 hash Hash format maps. This also requires the Berkeley DB library.
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26 cdb CDB (Constant DataBase) format maps. This requires the tinycdb
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34 -C Use the specified sendmail configuration file for looking up the
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37 -N Include the null byte that terminates strings in the map (for
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40 -f Normally all upper case letters in the key are folded to lower
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45 -q Query the map for the specified key. If found, print value to
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65 $Date: 2013-11-22 20:51:26 $ EDITMAP(8)