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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