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.ds ]W ZMailer 2.99
.TH MAKEDB 1zm "2003-Aug-28"
.SH NAME
makedb \- zmailer database builder
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP "\fBmakedb\fR" 8em
[[\fB\-l\fR|\fB\-u\fR]
[\fB\-A\fR]
[\fB\-a\fR|\fB\-u\fR]
[\fB\-s\fR|\fI\-v\fR]]
.I dbtype
.I dbfilenamebase
[\fIinputfile\fR|\fI\-\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
This is underlying binary tool to actually compile the system
specific text sources into binary database in currently supported forms.
.PP
This is intended to be run under some other wrappers, which supply defaults
for the parameters and options per each usage case.
.PP
Options:
.PP
.IP "\fI\-A\fR"
.RS 3em
Append new data at the end of the previous data with same label.
.PP
This will insert ", " (comma-space) or nothing in between old
and new data, depending upon operational mode.
.RE
.IP "\fI\-a\fR"
.RS 3em
Use
.IR aliases (5zm)
rules about labels, and line continuation in the source.
.RE
.IP "\fI\-p\fR"
.RS 3em
Compiles
.IR smtpserver (8zm)
policy configuration database into its binary representation.
.RE
.IP "\fI\-l\fR | \fI\-u\fR"
.RS 3em
Per default the labels are stored into the binary databases
as is, but user can decide to pre-translate them either
to all lowercase, or all uppercase by obvious choise of switch.
.RE
.IP "\fI\-s\fR"
.RS 3em
Do the work silently, report success/failure only by the
.IR exit (2)
codes.
.RE
.IP "\fI\-v\fR"
.RS 3em
Jabber about the progress of the work.
.RE
.PP
The rest of the parameters (mandatory and optional) are:
.PP
.IP "\fIdbtype\fR"
.RS 3em
Whatever has been compiled in the system at the moment.
.PP
The tool will report supported embedded databases in
its "usage" error report.
.RE
.IP "[\fIinputfile\fR|\fI-\fR]"
.RS 3em
When nothing is defined, 
.RE
.PP
.SH FILES
.PP
Command line inputs do fully control the behaviour of this tool.
There are no e.g.
.IR ZENV -variables,
nor any files this reads besides of given inputs.
.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR newdb (8zm),
.IR zmailer (1zm),
.IR zmailer.conf (5zm),
.IR /opt/mail/bin/policy-builder.sh
.SH AUTHOR
This program authored and copyright by:
.RS 3em
Matti Aarnio <mea@nic.funet.fi>
.RE