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, --fold-case

Convert key to lower case.

-o, --output OUTPUT-FILE

Write output to file OUTPUT-FILE

-q, --quiet

Do not print messages while building database.

-u, --undo

Print content of database file, one entry a line

-?, --help

Give help message.

--usage

Give a short usage message.

-V, --version

Print program version.

AUTHOR¶

makedb was written by Ulrich Drepper for the GNU C Library.

This manpage was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.