NAME
makedb - Create simple DB database from textual input.
SYNOPSIS
makedb [ options ] INPUT-FILE OUTPUT-FILE
makedb [ options ] -o OUTPUT-FILE INPUT-FILE
makedb [ options ] -u INPUT-FILE
DESCRIPTION
This program is mainly used to generate database files for the
libnss_db.so module for the Name Service Switch.
OPTIONS
"-f,
Convert key to lower case.
"-o,
Write output to file OUTPUT-FILE
"-q,
Do not print messages while building database.
"-u,
Print content of database file, one entry a line
"-?,
Give help message.
"--usage"
Give a short usage message.
"-V,
Print program version.
AUTHOR
makedb was written by Ulrich Drepper for the \s-1GNU\s0 C Library.
This manpage was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> for
the Debian GNU/Linux system.