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.Dd April 4, 2010 31.Dt SERVICES_MKDB 8 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm services_mkdb 35.Nd generate the services database 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Nm 38.Op Fl b | l 39.Op Fl q 40.Op Fl o Ar database 41.Op Ar file 42.Nm 43.Fl u 44.Op Ar file 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46The 47.Nm 48utility 49creates a 50.Xr db 3 51database for the specified 52.Ar file . 53If no file is specified, then 54.Pa /etc/services 55is used. 56The database is installed into 57.Pa /var/db/services.db . 58The file must be in the correct format (see 59.Xr services 5 ) . 60.Pp 61The options are as follows: 62.Bl -tag -width indent 63.It Fl b 64Use big-endian byte order for database metadata. 65.It Fl l 66Use little-endian byte order for database metadata. 67.It Fl o Ar database 68Put the output databases in the named file. 69.It Fl q 70Do not warn about duplicate services. 71.It Fl u 72Print the services file to stdout, omitting duplicate entries and comments. 73.El 74.Pp 75The databases are used by the C library services routines (see 76.Xr getservent 3 ) . 77.Pp 78The 79.Fl b 80and 81.Fl l 82flags are mutually exclusive. 83The default byte ordering is the current host order. 84.Sh FILES 85.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/db/services.db.tmp" -compact 86.It Pa /var/db/services.db 87The current services database. 88.It Pa /var/db/services.db.tmp 89A temporary file. 90.It Pa /etc/services 91The current services file. 92.El 93.Sh EXIT STATUS 94.Ex -std 95.Sh SEE ALSO 96.Xr db 3 , 97.Xr getservent 3 , 98.Xr services 5 99.Sh BUGS 100Because 101.Nm 102guarantees not to install a partial destination file it must 103build a temporary file in the same file system and if successful use 104.Xr rename 2 105to install over the destination file. 106.Pp 107If 108.Nm 109fails it will leave the previous version of the destination file intact. 110