makedbm(1M)                                           makedbm(1M)



NAME
     makedbm - generates a Network Information Service (NIS)  dbm
     file

SYNOPSIS
     makedbm [-d yp-domain-name] [-i yp-input-file]
     [-m yp-master-name] [-o yp-output-name] infile outfile

     makedbm [-u dbmfilename]

ARGUMENTS
     -d yp-domain-name
          Creates a special entry with the key YP_DOMAIN_NAME.

     -i yp-input-file
          Creates a special entry with the key YP_INPUT_FILE.

     infile
          Specifies the file to be converted.  This argument can
          be a -, in which case standard input is read.

     -m yp-master-name
          Creates a special entry with the key YP_MASTER_NAME.
          If no master hostname is specified, YP_MASTER_NAME will
          be set to the local hostname.

     -o yp-output-name
          Creates a special entry with the key YP_OUTPUT_NAME.

     outfile
          Specifies the file into which the output of the
          conversion is placed.

     -u dbmfilename
          Undoes a dbm file.  That is, prints out a dbm file one
          entry per line, with a single space separating keys
          from values.

DESCRIPTION
     makedbm takes infile and converts it to a pair of files in
     dbm(3X) format, 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
     \, then the data for that record is continued on to the next
     line.  It is left for NIS clients to interpret #; makedbm
     does not itself treat it as a comment character.

     The makedbm command is meant to be used in generating dbm
     files for NIS, and it generates a special entry with
     yp-last-modified, which is the date of infile (or the
     current time, if infile is -).



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makedbm(1M)                                           makedbm(1M)



EXAMPLES
     It is easy to write shell scripts to convert standard files
     such as /etc/passwd to the key value form used by makedbm.
     For example

        #!/bin/awk -f
        BEGIN { FS = ":"; OFS = "\t"; }
        { print $1, $0 }

     takes the /etc/passwd file and converts it to a form that
     can be read by makedbm to make the NIS map passwd.byname.
     That is, the key is a username, and the value is the
     remaining line in the /etc/passwd file.

FILES
     /etc/yp/makedbm
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     yppasswd(1) in A/UX Command Reference

     dbm(3X) in A/UX Programmer's Reference

































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