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 <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.