1.\" $NetBSD: services_mkdb.8,v 1.9 2009/05/13 22:36:39 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Luke Mewburn. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" $FreeBSD$ 31.\" 32.Dd April 4, 2010 33.Dt SERVICES_MKDB 8 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm services_mkdb 37.Nd generate the services database 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Nm 40.Op Fl q 41.Op Fl o Ar database 42.Op Ar file 43.Nm 44.Fl u 45.Op Ar file 46.Sh DESCRIPTION 47The 48.Nm 49utility 50creates a 51.Xr db 3 52database for the specified 53.Ar file . 54If no file is specified, then 55.Pa /etc/services 56is used. 57The database is installed into 58.Pa /var/db/services.db . 59The file must be in the correct format (see 60.Xr services 5 ) . 61.Pp 62The options are as follows: 63.Bl -tag -width indent 64.It Fl o Ar database 65Put the output databases in the named file. 66.It Fl q 67Do not warn about duplicate services. 68.It Fl u 69Print the services file to stdout, omitting duplicate entries and comments. 70.El 71.Pp 72The databases are used by the C library services routines (see 73.Xr getservent 3 ) . 74.Sh FILES 75.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/db/services.db.tmp" -compact 76.It Pa /var/db/services.db 77The current services database. 78.It Pa /var/db/services.db.tmp 79A temporary file. 80.It Pa /etc/services 81The current services file. 82.El 83.Sh EXIT STATUS 84.Ex -std 85.Sh SEE ALSO 86.Xr db 3 , 87.Xr getservent 3 , 88.Xr services 5 89.Sh BUGS 90Because 91.Nm 92guarantees not to install a partial destination file it must 93build a temporary file in the same file system and if successful use 94.Xr rename 2 95to install over the destination file. 96.Pp 97If 98.Nm 99fails it will leave the previous version of the destination file intact. 100