SERVICES_MKDB(8)

SERVICES_MKDB(8) | System Manager's Manual | SERVICES_MKDB(8)

# NAME

services_mkdb — generate the services databases

# SYNOPSIS

services_mkdb | [-qv] [-o database] [-V style] [file]

services_mkdb | -u [file]

# DESCRIPTION

services_mkdb creates a db(3) database for the specified file. If no file is specified, then /etc/services is used. The database is installed into /var/db/services.cdb for CDB format and into /var/db/services.db for DB format (see -V). The file must be in the correct format (see services(5)).

The options are as follows:

-o database
  Put the output databases in the named file.
-q
  Don't warn about duplicate services. This is the default behavior.
-u
  Print the services file to stdout, omitting duplicate entries and comments.
-V
  Create a specific version of the database style. style can be `cdb` to request the CDB format (default) or `db` to request the DB format. The DB format is useful for compatibility with old statically linked binaries.
-v
  Warn about duplicate services.

The databases are used by the C library services routines (see getservent(3)).

services_mkdb exits zero on success, non-zero on failure.

# FILES

/var/db/services.db
  The current services database.
/var/db/services.db.tmp
  A temporary file.
/etc/services
  The current services file.

# SEE ALSO

db(3), getservent(3), services(5)

# BUGS

Because services_mkdb guarantees not to install a partial destination file it must build a temporary file in the same file system and if successful use rename(2) to install over the destination file.

If services_mkdb fails it will leave the previous version of the destination file intact.

May 5, 2010 | NetBSD 7.0