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  31 .Dd July 19, 1994
  32 .Dt MAKEDBM 8
  33 .Os
  34 .Sh NAME
  35 .Nm makedbm
  36 .Nd create a YP database
  37 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  38 .Nm makedbm
  39 .Fl u Ar file
  40 .Nm makedbm
  41 .Fl U Ar file
  42 .Nm makedbm
  43 .Op Fl bls
  44 .Op Fl i Ar yp_input_file
  45 .Op Fl o Ar yp_output_file
  46 .Op Fl d Ar yp_domain_name
  47 .Op Fl m Ar yp_master_name
  48 .Ar infile
  49 .Ar outfile
  50 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  51 .Nm Makedbm
  52 is the utiliy in YP that creates the database file containing the YP map.
  53 The databse format is a slightly modified version of ndbm.
  54 .Pp
  55 The options are as follows:
  56 .Bl -tag -width indent
  57 .It Fl u
  58 Dump a database to standard output.
  59 .It Fl U
  60 Same as
  61 .Fl u
  62 but also try
  63 .Xr db 3
  64 hash format.
  65 .It Fl b
  66 Interdomain. Include an entry in the database informing a YP server to use
  67 DNS to get information about unknown hosts. This option will only have
  68 effect on the two maps hosts.byname and hosts.byaddr.
  69 .It Fl l
  70 Lowercase. Convert all keys to lower case before adding them to the YP
  71 database.
  72 .It Fl s
  73 Secure map. Include an entry in the database informing
  74 .Xr ypxfr 8
  75 and
  76 .Xr ypserv 8
  77 that the YP map is going to be handled as secure.
  78 .It Fl i Ar yp_input_file
  79 Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_INPUT_FILE and the argument
  80 as value.
  81 .It Fl o Ar yp_output_file
  82 Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_OUTPUT_FILE and the argument
  83 as value.
  84 .It Fl d Ar yp_domain_name
  85 Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_DOMAIN_NAME and the argument
  86 as value.
  87 .It Fl m Ar yp_master_name
  88 Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_MASTER_NAME and the argument
  89 as value.
  90 .El
  91 .Sh SEE ALSO
  92 .Xr yp 8 ,
  93 .Xr db 3 ,
  94 .Xr ypxfr 8 ,
  95 .Xr ypserv 8
  96 .Sh AUTHOR
  97 Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>