makedb

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.