makemap.1m (2010 09)

makemap(1M) makemap(1M)

NAME

makemap - creates database maps for sendmail

SYNOPSIS

makemap [ -C ﬁle ][-N

][-d][-e][-f][-n][-o][

-r][-s][-u][-v] maptype mapname

DESCRIPTION

makemap creates the database maps used by the keyed map lookups in sendmail (1M). It reads input

from the standard input and outputs them to the indicated mapname .

makemap handles up to three different database formats, selected using the maptype parameter. They

may be:

dbm DBM format maps. (.pag,.dir)

btree B-Tree format maps. (.db)

hash Hash format maps. (.db)

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 indi-

cated parameter substitution. Literal parentheses should be doubled (

%%). Blank lines and lines begin-

ning with pound sign (

#) are ignored.

Flags

-C file Use the speciﬁed sendmail conﬁguration ﬁle to look up the

TrustedUser option.

-N Include the null byte that terminates strings in the map. This must match the -N

ﬂag in the

sendmail.cf K line.

-d 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.

-e Allow empty value (right hand side).

-f Normally all upper case letters in the key are folded to lower case. This ﬂag disables that

behaviour. This is intended to mesh with the -f ﬂag in the K line in

sendmail.cf. The value

is never case folded.

-n Create NIS compatible alias database.

-o Append to an old ﬁle. This allows you to augment an existing ﬁle.

-r Allow replacement of existing keys. Normally makemap complains if you repeat a key, and does

not do the insert.

-s Ignore safety checks on maps being created. This includes checking for hard or symbolic links in

world writable directories.

-u Dump (unmap) the content of the database to standard output.

-v Verbosely print what it is doing.

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makemap(1M) makemap(1M) NAME makemap - creates database maps for sendmail SYNOPSIS makemap [ -C file ] [-N] [-d] [-e] [-f] [-n] [-o] [-r] [-s] [-u] [-v] maptype mapname DESCRIPTION makemap creates the database maps used by the keyed map lookups in sendmail (1M). It reads input from the standard input and outputs them to the indicated mapname . makemap handles up to three different database formats, selected using the maptype parameter. They may be: dbm DBM format maps. (.pag,.
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(Notes) A (Notes) mA 2 Hewlett-Packard Company −1− HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010