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.Dd April 4, 2010 .Dt SERVICES_MKDB 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm services_mkdb .Nd generate the services database .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl b | l .Op Fl q .Op Fl o Ar database .Op Ar file .Nm .Fl u .Op Ar file .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility creates a .Xr db 3 database for the specified .Ar file . If no file is specified, then
a /etc/services is used. The database is installed into
a /var/db/services.db . The file must be in the correct format (see .Xr services 5 ) .
p The options are as follows: l -tag -width indent t Fl b Use big-endian byte order for database metadata. t Fl l Use little-endian byte order for database metadata. t Fl o Ar database Put the output databases in the named file. t Fl q Do not warn about duplicate services. t Fl u Print the services file to stdout, omitting duplicate entries and comments. .El
p The databases are used by the C library services routines (see .Xr getservent 3 ) .
p The .Fl b and .Fl l flags are mutually exclusive. The default byte ordering is the current host order. .Sh FILES l -tag -width ".Pa /var/db/services.db.tmp" -compact t Pa /var/db/services.db The current services database. t Pa /var/db/services.db.tmp A temporary file. t Pa /etc/services The current services file. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr db 3 , .Xr getservent 3 , .Xr services 5 .Sh BUGS Because .Nm guarantees not to install a partial destination file it must build a temporary file in the same file system and if successful use .Xr rename 2 to install over the destination file.
p If .Nm fails it will leave the previous version of the destination file intact.