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30.Dd May 5, 2010
31.Dt SERVICES_MKDB 8
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm services_mkdb
35.Nd generate the services databases
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Op Fl qv
39.Op Fl o Ar database
40.Op Fl V Ar style
41.Op Ar file
42.Nm
43.Fl u
44.Op Ar file
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Nm
47creates a
48.Xr db 3
49database for the specified file.
50If no file is specified, then
51.Pa /etc/services
52is used.
53The database is installed into
54.Pa /var/db/services.cdb
55for CDB format and into
56.Pa /var/db/services.db
57for DB format (see
58.Fl V ) .
59The file must be in the correct format (see
60.Xr services 5 ) .
61.Pp
62The options are as follows:
63.Bl -tag -width indent
64.It Fl o Ar database
65Put the output databases in the named file.
66.It Fl q
67Don't warn about duplicate services.
68This is the default behavior.
69.It Fl u
70Print the services file to stdout, omitting duplicate entries and comments.
71.It Fl V
72Create a specific version of the database style.
73.Ar style
74can be
75.Li cdb
76to request the CDB format (default) or
77.Li db
78to request the DB format.
79The DB format is useful for compatibility with old statically
80linked binaries.
81.It Fl v
82Warn about duplicate services.
83.El
84.Pp
85The databases are used by the C library services routines (see
86.Xr getservent 3 ) .
87.Pp
88.Nm
89exits zero on success, non-zero on failure.
90.Sh FILES
91.Bl -tag -width 24n -compact
92.It Pa /var/db/services.db
93The current services database.
94.It Pa /var/db/services.db.tmp
95A temporary file.
96.It Pa /etc/services
97The current services file.
98.El
99.Sh SEE ALSO
100.Xr db 3 ,
101.Xr getservent 3 ,
102.Xr services 5
103.Sh BUGS
104Because
105.Nm
106guarantees not to install a partial destination file it must
107build a temporary file in the same file system and if successful use
108.Xr rename 2
109to install over the destination file.
110.Pp
111If
112.Nm
113fails it will leave the previous version of the destination file intact.
114