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 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 `' (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_master_name. If no master host name is specified, yp_master_name  is  set
				  to the local host name.

       -o yp_output_name	  Create a special entry with the key yp_output_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 single space separating keys
				  from values.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       infile	  Input file for makedbm. If infile is `-' (dash), the standard input is read.

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

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

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

SunOS 5.11							    17 Aug 1999 						       makedbm(1M)