NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       makemap - Create database maps for sendmail

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       /usr/sbin/makemap  [-N]  [-d]  [-f] [-o] [-r] [-v] maptype
       mapname

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Include the null byte that terminates strings in the  map.
       This  must  match the -N option in the sendmail.cf K line.
       Allow duplicate keys in the map.  This is only allowed  on
       B-Tree  format maps.  If two identical keys are read, they
       will both be inserted into the map.  Normally  all  uppercase
  letters  in  the  key are folded to lower case. This
       option disables that behavior.  This is intended  to  mesh
       with  the  -f  option  in  the K line in sendmail.cf.  The
       value is never case folded.  Append to an old file.   This
       allows you to augment an existing file.  Allow replacement
       of existing  keys.   Normally  makemap  complains  if  you
       repeat a key, and does not do the insert.  Verbosely print
       what it is doing.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The makemap command creates the database maps used by  the
       keyed map lookups in sendmail(8).  It reads input from the
       standard input and outputs them to the indicated  mapname.

       The  makemap command handles three different database formats,
 selected using the maptype operand.   They  may  be:
       DBM  format  maps.   This  requires  the ndbm library. See
       ndbm(3).  B-Tree  format  maps.   This  requires  the  new
       Berkeley   db  library.   Hash  format  maps.   This  also
       requires the db library.

       In all cases, makemap reads lines from the standard  input
       consisting  of  two  words  separated by white space.  The
       first is the database key, the second is the  value.   The
       value  may  contain %n strings to indicated parameter substitution.
  Literal percents should be doubled (%%). Blank
       lines  and  lines  beginning  with  the pound sign (#) are
       ignored.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Commands: sendmail(8)

       Functions: ndbm(3)



                                                       makemap(8)