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.ds ]W ZMailer 2.99
.TH NEWDB 8zm "2003-Aug-28"
.SH NAME
newdb \- zmailer database builder
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP "\fBnewdb\fR" 7em
[[\fI\-l\fR|\fI\-u\fR]
.RI [ "\-a" ]
.RI [ "\-s" ]
.RI [ "\-t dbtype" ]]
.I dbfilename
.RI [ inputfilename ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
A wrapper to
.IR makedb (8zm)
supplying various default values from
.IR ZENV -variables,
and doing database type specific file version rotations
so that data users can safely take into use a new version
of the database at their earliest convenient moment.
.PP
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.PP
The script inherits
.I ZCONFIG
environment variable, but if it isn't available,
a "configured in" default value will be used instead.
.PP
.SH Z\-ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.PP
.IP MAILBIN
Where
.IR zmailer (1zm)'s
component module binaries (and scripts) are located at
.IP DBTYPE
What the the default database type to be used in the system,
if sysadmin hasn't chosen something else.
.PP
.SH FILES
.PP
.TS
l l.
\fI@ZMAILERCFGFILE@\fR	(ZCONFIG)
\fI@MAILSHARE@/db/dbases.conf\fR	(MAILSHARE/db/dbases.conf)
.TE
.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR makedb (8zm),
.IR zdbases.conf (5zm).
.IR zmailer (1zm),
.IR zmailer.conf (5zm).
.SH AUTHOR
This program authored and copyright by:
.RS 3em
Matti Aarnio <mea@nic.funet.fi>
.RE