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8.Dd ""
9.Dt CAP_MKDB 1
10.Os
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm cap_mkdb
13.Nd create capability database
14.Pp
15.Sh SYNOPSIS
16.Nm cap_mkdb
17.Op Fl f Ar outfile
18.Ar file1
19.Op Ar file2 ...
20.Pp
21.Sh DESCRIPTION
22.Nm Cap_mkdb
23builds a hashed database out of the
24.Xr getcap 3
25logical database constructed by the concatenation of the specified
26files .
27The hashed database is stored into a file named by the basename
28of the first file argument and the string
29.Dq .db .
30The
31.Xr getcap 3
32routines can access the database in this form much more quickly
33than they can the original text file(s).
34.Pp
35.Sh OPTIONS
36.Bl -tag -width XXXXXX -indent
37.It Fl f Ar outfile
38Specify a different database basename.
39.El
40.Pp
41.Sh RETURN VALUE
42The
43.Nm cap_mkdb
44utility exits 0 on success and >0 if an error occurs.
45.Sh SEE ALSO
46.Xr dbopen 3 ,
47.Xr getcap 3 ,
48.Xr termcap 5
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