NAME

services_mkdb — generate the services database

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The services_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.

-o database

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

db(3), getservent(3), services(5)

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.