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

6       makedbm - make a dbm file, or get a text file from a dbm file
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SYNOPSIS

9       makedbm [-b] [-l] [-s] [-E] [-i yp_input_file]
10            [-o yp_output_name] [-d yp_domain_name]
11            [-m yp_master_name] [-S delimiter]
12            [-D number_of_delimiters] infile outfile
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DESCRIPTION

19       The  makedbm  utility  takes  the   infile and converts it to a pair of
20       files in ndbm  format  (see  ndbm(3C)),  namely  outfile.pag  and  out‐
21       file.dir.  Each  line  of  the  input file is converted to a single dbm
22       record. All characters up to the first TAB or SPACE form the  key,  and
23       the  rest of the line is the data. If a line ends with `\' (backslash),
24       the data for that record is continued on to the next line. makedbm does
25       not treat `#' (pound-sign) as a special character.
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28       Because   makedbm  is  mainly used in generating dbm files for the  NIS
29       name service, it generates a special entry with the  key  yp_last_modi‐
30       fied,  which  is  the date of infile (or the current time, if infile is
31       `−').  The entries that have keys with the prefix yp_  are  interpreted
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OPTIONS

35       The following options are supported:
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37       -b                         Insert  the  YP_INTERDOMAIN into the output.
38                                  This key causes  ypserv(1M) to use  DNS  for
39                                  host  name and address lookups for hosts not
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43       -d yp_domain_name          Create  a  special  entry   with   the   key
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54       -i yp_input_file           Create  a  special  entry   with   the   key
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59                                  map to lower case,  so  that,  for  example,
60                                  host  name  matches  succeed  independent of
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64       -m yp_master_name          Create a special entry with the key  yp_mas‐
65                                  ter_name.  If  no master host name is speci‐
66                                  fied, yp_master_name is  set  to  the  local
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70       -o yp_output_name          Create  a special entry with the key yp_out‐
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OPERANDS

88       The following operands are supported:
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90       infile     Input file for makedbm. If infile is `−' (dash),  the  stan‐
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ATTRIBUTES

99       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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104       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
105       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
106       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
107       │Availability                 │SUNWcsu                      │
108       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

111       ypserv(1M), ndbm(3C), attributes(5)
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115SunOS 5.11                        17 Aug 1999                      makedbm(1M)