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makemap(1M)						  System Administration Commands					       makemap(1M)

NAME
makemap - create database maps for sendmail SYNOPSIS
makemap [-N] [-d] [-f] [-o] [-r] [-s] [-v] [-C file] [-c cachesize] [-D commentchar] [-e] [-l] [-t delim] [-u] mantype mapname DESCRIPTION
makemap creates the database maps used by the keyed map lookups in sendmail(1M). makemap reads from the standard input and outputs to the specified mapname. In all cases, makemap reads lines from the standard input consisting of two words separated by white space. The first is the database key, the second is the value. The value may contain %n strings to indicated parameter substitution. Literal percents should be doubled (%%). Blank lines and lines beginning with # are ignored. makemap handles three different database formats. Database format is selected using the maptype parameter. See OPERANDS. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -c cachesize Use the specified hash and B-Tree cache size (cachesize). -C file Use the specified sendmail configuration file (file) for looking up the TrustedUser option. -d Allow duplicate keys in the map. This is only allowed on B-Tree format maps. If two identical keys are read, both be inserted into the map. -D commentchar Use the specified character to indicate a comment (which is ignored) instead of the default of '#'. -e Allow empty value (right hand side). -f Normally, all upper case letters in the key are folded to lower case. This flag disables that behavior. This is intended to mesh with the -f flag in the K line in sendmail.cf. The value is never case folded. -l List supported map types. -N Include the null byte that terminates strings in the map. This must match the -N flag in the K line in sendmail.cf -o Append to an old file. This allows you to augment an existing file. -r Allow replacement of existing keys. Normally makemap complains if you repeat a key, and does not do the insert. -s Ignore safety checks on maps being created. This includes checking for hard or symbolic links in world writable directo- ries. -t delim Use the specified delimiter (delim) instead of white space. -u Dump (unmap) the content of the database to standard output. -v Verbosely print what it is doing. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: mapname File name of the database map being created. maptype Specifies the database format. The following maptype parameters are available: dbm Specifies DBM format maps. btree Specifies B-Tree format maps. hash Specifies hash format maps. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWsndmu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
editmap(1M), sendmail(1M), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 29 Jun 2004 makemap(1M)

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NAME
makemap - create database maps for sendmail SYNOPSIS
makemap [-C file] [-N] [-c cachesize] [-d] [-D commentchar] [-e] [-f] [-l] [-o] [-r] [-s] [-t delim] [-u] [-v] maptype mapnam DESCRIPTION
Makemap creates the database maps used by the keyed map lookups in sendmail(8). It reads input from the standard input and outputs them to the indicated mapname. makemap handles two different database formats, selected using the maptype parameter. They may be btree B-Tree format maps. This requires the new Berkeley DB library. hash Hash format maps. This also requires the Berkeley DB library. In all cases, makemap reads lines from the standard input consisting of two words separated by white space. The first is the database key, the second is the value. The value may contain ``%n'' strings to indicate parameter substitution. Literal percents should be doubled (``%%''). Blank lines and lines beginning with ``#'' are ignored. Notice: do not use makemap to create the aliases data base, but newaliases which puts a special token into the data base that is required by sendmail. If the TrustedUser option is set in the sendmail configuration file and makemap is invoked as root, the generated files will be owned by the specified TrustedUser. Flags -C Use the specified sendmail configuration file for looking up the TrustedUser option. -N Include the null byte that terminates strings in the map. This must match the -N flag in the sendmail.cf ``K'' line. -c Use the specified hash and B-Tree cache size. -D Use to specify the character to use to indicate a comment (which is ignored) instead of the default of '#'. -d Allow duplicate keys in the map. This is only allowed on B-Tree format maps. If two identical keys are read, they will both be inserted into the map. -e Allow empty value (right hand side). -f Normally all upper case letters in the key are folded to lower case. This flag disables that behaviour. This is intended to mesh with the -f flag in the K line in sendmail.cf. The value is never case folded. -l List supported map types. -o Append to an old file. This allows you to augment an existing file. -r Allow replacement of existing keys. Normally makemap complains if you repeat a key, and does not do the insert. -s Ignore safety checks on maps being created. This includes checking for hard or symbolic links in world writable directories. -t Use the specified delimiter instead of white space (also for dumping a map). -u dump (unmap) the content of the database to standard output. -v Verbosely print what it is doing. SEE ALSO
sendmail(8), newaliases(1) HISTORY
The makemap command appeared in 4.4BSD. $Date: 2008/05/02 23:07:48 $ MAKEMAP(8)
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