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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