NAME
services_mkdb —
generate the services
database
SYNOPSIS
services_mkdb |
[-b | -l]
[-q] [-o
database] [file] |
services_mkdb |
-u [file] |
DESCRIPTION
Theservices_mkdb utility creates a
db(3)
database for the specified file. If no file is
specified, then /etc/services is used. The database is
installed into /var/db/services.db. The file must be
in the correct format (see
services(5)).
The options are as follows:
-b- Use big-endian byte order for database metadata.
-l- Use little-endian byte order for database metadata.
-odatabase- Put the output databases in the named file.
-q- Do not warn about duplicate services.
-u- Print the services file to stdout, omitting duplicate entries and comments.
The databases are used by the C library services routines (see getservent(3)).
The -b and -l
flags are mutually exclusive. The default byte ordering is the current host
order.
FILES
- /var/db/services.db
- The current services database.
- /var/db/services.db.tmp
- A temporary file.
- /etc/services
- The current services file.
EXIT STATUS
The services_mkdb utility exits 0
on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
BUGS
Because services_mkdb guarantees not to
install a partial destination file it must build a temporary file in the
same file system and if successful use
rename(2) to install over the destination file.
If services_mkdb fails it will leave the
previous version of the destination file intact.