man makedb (Commandes) - Create simple DB database from textual input.

NAME

makedb - Create simple DB database from textual input.

SYNOPSIS

makedb [ options ] INPUT-FILE OUTPUT-FILE

makedb [ options ] -o OUTPUT-FILE INPUT-FILE

makedb [ options ] -u INPUT-FILE

DESCRIPTION

This program is mainly used to generate database files for the libnss_db.so module for the Name Service Switch.

OPTIONS

-f, --fold-case
Convert key to lower case.
-o, --output OUTPUT-FILE
Write output to file OUTPUT-FILE
-q, --quiet
Do not print messages while building database.
-u, --undo
Print content of database file, one entry a line
-?, --help
Give help message.
--usage
Give a short usage message.
-V, --version
Print program version.

AUTHOR

makedb was written by Ulrich Drepper for the GNU C Library.

This manpage was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.