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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 databases
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl q
41.Op Fl o Ar database
42.Op file
43.Nm
44.Fl u
45.Op file
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47.Nm
48creates a
49.Xr db 3
50database for the specified file.
51If no file is specified, then
52.Pa /etc/services
53is used.
54The database is installed into
55.Pa /var/db/services.db .
56The file must be in the correct format (see
57.Xr services 5 ) .
58.Pp
59The options are as follows:
60.Bl -tag -width indent
61.It Fl o Ar database
62Put the output databases in the named file.
63.It Fl q
64Don't warn about duplicate services.
65.It Fl u
66Print the services file to stdout, omitting duplicate entries and comments.
67.El
68.Pp
69The databases are used by the C library services routines (see
70.Xr getservent 3 ) .
71.Pp
72.Nm
73exits zero on success, non-zero on failure.
74.Sh FILES
75.Bl -tag -width 24n -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 SEE ALSO
84.Xr db 3 ,
85.Xr getservent 3 ,
86.Xr services 5
87.Sh BUGS
88Because
89.Nm
90guarantees not to install a partial destination file it must
91build a temporary file in the same file system and if successful use
92.Xr rename 2
93to install over the destination file.
94.Pp
95If
96.Nm
97fails it will leave the previous version of the destination file intact.
98