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.Dd ""
.Dt CAP_MKDB 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm cap_mkdb
.Nd create capability database
.Pp
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm cap_mkdb
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl f Ar outfile
.Ar file1
.Op Ar file2 ...
.Pp
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Cap_mkdb 
builds a hashed database out of the
.Xr getcap 3 
logical database constructed by the concatenation of the specified
files .
The hashed database is stored into a file named by the basename
of the first file argument and the string
.Dq .db .  
The
.Xr getcap 3
routines can access the database in this form much more quickly
than they can the original text file(s).
.Pp
The options as as follows:
.Bl -tag -width XXXXXX -indent
.It Fl f Ar outfile
Specify a different database basename.
.It Fl v
Print out the number of capability records in the database.
.El
.Pp
.Sh RETURN VALUE
The
.Nm cap_mkdb 
utility exits 0 on success and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dbopen 3 ,
.Xr getcap 3 ,
.Xr termcap 5