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 b | l 41.Op Fl q 42.Op Fl o Ar database 43.Op Ar file 44.Nm 45.Fl u 46.Op Ar file 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48The 49.Nm 50utility 51creates a 52.Xr db 3 53database for the specified 54.Ar file . 55If no file is specified, then 56.Pa /etc/services 57is used. 58The database is installed into 59.Pa /var/db/services.db . 60The file must be in the correct format (see 61.Xr services 5 ) . 62.Pp 63The options are as follows: 64.Bl -tag -width indent 65.It Fl b 66Use big-endian byte order for database metadata. 67.It Fl l 68Use little-endian byte order for database metadata. 69.It Fl o Ar database 70Put the output databases in the named file. 71.It Fl q 72Do not warn about duplicate services. 73.It Fl u 74Print the services file to stdout, omitting duplicate entries and comments. 75.El 76.Pp 77The databases are used by the C library services routines (see 78.Pp 79The 80.Fl b 81and 82.Fl l 83flags are mutually exclusive. 84The default byte ordering is the current host order. 85.Xr getservent 3 ) . 86.Sh FILES 87.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/db/services.db.tmp" -compact 88.It Pa /var/db/services.db 89The current services database. 90.It Pa /var/db/services.db.tmp 91A temporary file. 92.It Pa /etc/services 93The current services file. 94.El 95.Sh EXIT STATUS 96.Ex -std 97.Sh SEE ALSO 98.Xr db 3 , 99.Xr getservent 3 , 100.Xr services 5 101.Sh BUGS 102Because 103.Nm 104guarantees not to install a partial destination file it must 105build a temporary file in the same file system and if successful use 106.Xr rename 2 107to install over the destination file. 108.Pp 109If 110.Nm 111fails it will leave the previous version of the destination file intact. 112