makemap creates the database maps used by the keyed
map lookups in sendmail(1M). makemap reads from the standard input and outputs to the specified mapname.
In all cases, makemap reads lines from the standard
input consisting of two words separated by whitespace. The first is the database
key, the second is the value. The value may contain %n strings to indicated parameter substitution. Literal percents
should be doubled (%%). Blank lines and lines beginning
with # are ignored.
makemap handles three different database formats.
Database format is selected using the maptype
parameter. See OPERANDS.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-ccachesize
Use the specified hash and B-Tree cache size (cachesize).
-Cfile
Use the specified sendmail configuration file (file) for looking up the TrustedUser option.
-d
Allow duplicate
keys in the map. This is only allowed on B-Tree format maps. If two identical
keys are read, both be inserted into the map.
-Dcommentchar
Use the specified character to indicate a comment (which
is ignored) instead of the default of '#'.
-e
Allow empty value
(right hand side).
-f
Normally,
all upper case letters in the key are folded to lower case. This flag disables
that behavior. This is intended to mesh with the -f flag in
the K line in sendmail.cf. The value
is never case folded.
-l
List supported
map types.
-N
Include the null byte that terminates strings in the map. This must match
the -N flag in the K line in sendmail.cf
-o
Append to an
old file. This allows you to augment an existing file.
-r
Allow replacement
of existing keys. Normally makemap complains if you repeat
a key, and does not do the insert.
-s
Ignore safety
checks on maps being created. This includes checking for hard or symbolic
links in world writable directories.
-tdelim
Use the specified delimiter (delim)
instead of whitespace.
-u
Dump (unmap)
the content of the database to standard output.
Note that, if the -t option is also provided, the specified delimiter
is used when the content is dumped instead of whitespace.
-v
Verbosely print
what it is doing.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
mapname
File name of the database map being created.
maptype
Specifies the database format. The following maptype parameters are available:
dbm
Specifies DBM format maps.
btree
Specifies
B-Tree format maps.
hash
Specifies
hash format maps.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5)
for descriptions of the following attributes: